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Access to food the Household Food and Nutrition Security Programme

Mpho Putu South Africa, with a population of about 54 million, is Africa's economic powerhouse. But many of its citizens still live in abject poverty, 20 years after the nation embraced democracy following the fall of apartheid While South Africa appears to be quite self-sufficient in terms of food, research estimate that more than 14 million South African people do not have access to nutritious, healthy and adequate food children being more affected. The general household survey in 2012, which found that 14-million people “regularly experience hunger”. Food is a fundamental human concern and central to the health of our communities, economy, environment, and bodies. Food is basic, yet the system we have built around it is complex, and inflexible. There is growing concern that our current food system is not working well some, would say it is broken. Too many people lack access to healthy food and too many people are experiencing hunger daily. This means that from day