About 12% of South African households experience hunger according to Stats SA. How would your party address food insecurity in the country?The DA will make it a priority to eradicate hunger and malnutrition by expanding the basket of essential food items exempt from Value Added Tax . The goal is to provide relief to poor and low-income families.
There is also a great need for a comprehensive data collection system to identify gaps in food security policies, healthcare access, and access to basic needs like water and housing. We will expand the list of VAT-free basic food staples, making them more affordable, while we encourage concessions and discounts for vulnerable groups like senior citizens, families, and low-income households on essential goods and government services.
The role commercial agriculture plays should be recognised and tariff protection; investment in agricultural research; disaster relief and management; and the creation of sufficient infrastructure should be prioritised. Desertification which is threatening arable agricultural land should be combated. Programmes to prevent and reverse desertification should be launched. Communities should be able to also enjoy the benefits of natural resources through sustainable utilisation.
We will emphasise local market development to address household-level food insecurity in rural areas.There is enough food and money in South Africa to make sure that no one has to go to bed hungry. Food banks for the most vulnerable are the most obvious solution.
Ghana has successfully implemented a digital meal-planning tool as a mobile application. The application allows users to create the most cost-effective meal with their available ingredients, combined with their nutritional content. It is user-friendly, and even people without a nutritional background can use the tool to create nutritious meal plans.
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