چکیده:
Food security has consistently been a primary goal of development policies, and access to sufficient food and nutritional health has always been one of the main axes of development and an important infrastructure for raising future generations of the country after the revolution. This article, using documentary methods, examines the relationship between agricultural development policies and food security after the revolution, and seeks to understand the extent to which these policies have succeeded in creating food security at the macro and micro levels. This study shows that although the government has initiated significant measures within the framework of rural and agricultural development policies, and especially these policies have been effective in increasing the production of a significant portion of essential food products in recent years, and even with the implementation of the wheat-focused plan, it has been able to achieve self-sufficiency in this strategic product this year (1383), but it has not been very successful in providing sustainable access to food security for all members of society. In other words, while these policies have largely contributed to the improvement of national food security, they have not been successful in distribution and providing an effective and sustainable basis for it at the micro level (household) due to the existence of persistent income and wealth inequalities.
خلاصه ماشینی:
This study shows that although the government has initiated significant measures within the framework of rural and agricultural development policies, and especially these policies have been effective in increasing the production of a significant portion of essential food products in recent years, and even with the implementation of the wheat-centric plan, it has been able to achieve self-sufficiency in this strategic product this year (1383), it has not been very successful in providing sustainable access to food security for all members of society.
While some developing countries in recent decades have been able to increase agricultural production at the national level by utilizing the findings of modern science and technology and adopting appropriate policies, they have not been successful in providing conditions for access to sufficient and appropriate food for all people (especially lower groups and classes) (Griffin, 1979; Lee & Chudari, 1983; Ferguson, 1990).
The government after the revolution took relatively extensive measures to change the organizational and administrative structure of agriculture and rural areas along with the implementation of rural development programs, and it is expected that the new policies, in principle, with the aim of self-sufficiency in food production and income distribution at the village and city level in order to access all appropriate livelihood facilities, have been put into practice.
Table 3- Loans Granted by Agricultural Bank to Farmers Source: Statistical Yearbook; 1367-70 (1988-1991); Economic Report Balance Sheet, 1375 (1996) and 1377-8 (1998-1999) Examining the distributed loans after the revolution based on the weighted average index shows that the real purchasing power of the loans was lower than inflation.
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