Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition Issues for Planning

Food, agriculture, and nutrition issues facing Congress and the nation are described in an effort to identify food system goals that represent the main elements of a national food policy. GAO prepared program plans centering on 35 different issues that set out strategies involving the growth of world population, increase in food demands, and efficient distribution of food production resources. A national food policy will be based on the following underlying goals: assuring safe, nutritious food for all segments of the population; assuring that the economic strength of the food system is maintained; fulfilling the nation's commitment to help meet world food demand through development assistance, humanitarian measures, and commercial exports; and developing and coordinating national and international food policies and programs.