Food and nutrition security documents in Iran: lessons learned and future directions

Developing the first National Nutrition and Food Security Policy (NNFSP) was ordered by Community Nutrition Office, Iranian Ministry of Health and conducted with cooperation of National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute and National Institute of Health Research in ۲۰۱۲. The main outcomes of the NNFSP can be summarized as follows: responsibilities of the eight involved organizations were agreed through signing a memorandum; and requirements for establishing the document including an appropriate structure, human, and financial resources, have been considered. Moreover, executive operation of the document was monitored by supervising committees. Evaluation of the document after ۴ years by the Food and Nutrition Security Working Committee secretariat of the Supreme Council in ۲۰۱۶ to provide evidence for reforming and updating the contents of the document showed the average adaptation of the NNFSP Document goals was ۵۲.۶%. The average adaptation of the document establishment method to desired state was ۴۱%. In ۲۰۲۳, a comprehensive document on food security was compiled by the Supreme Council of Health and Food Security from the collection of related documents, but it was not repealed. After that, the knowledge-based document on food security was approved and promulgated in the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution. Some differences in the frameworks and implementation mechanisms of these two documents have caused problems for organizations and stakeholders involved in food security and safety in Iran.

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Food security ، Nutrition ، Policy document ، Iran