%0 Journal Article %D 2011 %[ 2013-02-21T10:09:42Z %R 10.1080/09614524.2011.561284 %8 2011-06-18 %Z South Africa experienced two waves of rapid food inflation in 2001–02 and 2007–08. During both periods the surge in the cost of food undermined the food-security status of low-income families. Belated state reactions to the food-price crises pay scant attention to the fact that poor net food buyers rely on agro-food markets for their food supplies. Moreover, the touted non-interference of the state in agro-food marketing policy gives the impression that this policy is disconnected from food security. This article challenges that notion. It analyses the content and evolution of agro-food marketing policies and argues the case for food security to be at the core of such policies.

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%= 2013-02-21T10:09:42Z %A Jacobs, Peter T. %@ 0961-4524 %T Agro-food market policy and food security in South Africa %K Food and livelihoods %K Governance and citizenship %G English %I Oxfam GB %I Routledge %U http://hdl.handle.net/10546/270029 %M 10.1080/09614524.2011.561284