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Food-Focused Social Protection Measures Before and During the Global Polycrisis: the Brazil and India Experience

Beatriz Burattini (International Policy Centre for Inclusive Development (IPCid)/Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA)), Dipa Sinha (School of Liberal Studies)
This Policy Brief was first published in https://t20ind.org

Abstract

The polycrisis of the climate emergency, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the war in Ukraine have reversed many countries’ gains in tackling food insecurity and malnutrition. In Brazil and India, access to a healthy diet made signifi cant progress between the 2000s and the 2010s, with various social protection programmes central to achieving this. During the recent crises, both countries used social protection measures to maintain food security. The achievements of and challenges faced by both countries off er valuable lessons for other G20 countries. Key recommendations arising from these lessons include strengthening existing programmes and their foundation through legislation, unifi ed registries, and minimum budget allocations, as well as tackling both food demand and supply.a

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Beatriz Burattini (International Policy Centre for Inclusive Development (IPCid)/Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA)), Dipa Sinha (School of Liberal Studies)

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