Is there a national food security policy with implementation/action?

YES

Plan Nacional de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional (PNSAN)

-Formulada desde 2008 mediante el documento CONPES 113/2008 (los documentos CONPES son documentos de política pública formulados por el Departamento Nacional de Planeación) A esa política le siguió la formulación, con cuatro años de retraso, de un Plan de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional.

-Most recent legislation in Colombian on food security

-Went into effect in 2012 and is expected to go through 2019

-Uses work by Instituto Colombian de Bienestar Familiar (ICBF) to provide alimentation services to poor and underserved populations, with a focus on children under 2 years old

-Aims to create a nutritional surveillance program system in order to identify needed interventions

-Creation of commission for providing care to pregnant women and children ages 0-6

 

-Development plan “Prosperidad Para Todos” includes an initiative “De Cero a Siempre” that is aimed at promoting early childhood development and emphasizes a strategy for decreasing food insecurity among children

(http://www.icbf.gov.co/portal/page/portal/PortalICBF/bienestar/nutricion/pnsan)

(http://rcientificas.uninorte.edu.co/index.php/salud/article/viewArticle/7412/7651)

(http://www.osancolombia.gov.co/doc/pnsan.pdf)