The Crusade Against Hunger

Type of practice Reduce

Name of practice The Crusade Against Hunger

Name of main actor Mexican government

Type of actor(s) Public authority

Location Mexico

Stage of implementation Consumption, Farm, Processing, Transport

Year of implementation 2012

What was/is being done? The Mexican government has recently adopted a new policy in order to implement a holistic system for the achievement of food security at national level. The strategy aims at, inter alia, minimizing post-harvest losses and food waste during the processing, storage, transport, distribution and trading stages, as well as enhancing farmers’ knowledge and harvesting techniques.

Outcomes and impacts This policy is new, the results will be known shortly.