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Brazil added "nutrition" to the concept of "food security" in 1986


“1986: During the First National Conference on Food and Nutrition, ‘nutrition’ was incorporated into the concept of ‘food security’. Since then, the term used in Brazil is ‘food and nutrition security’.“

Cecilia Rocha, Luciene Burlandy & Renato Maluf (2012): Small farms and sustainable rural development for food security: The Brazilian experience, Development Southern Africa, 29:4, 519-529 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2012.715438 [verified 4/15/14]

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