The financial and economic crisis has greatest effects on the poor in least developingcounties. Many, but not all, poor people will be able to maintain caloric intake in the face ofeconomic crisis as they cut back expenditures on other essential items that mayjeopardise longer term food security. People will shift the composition of their food expenditures toward staple foods andaway from more nutritious foods such as meat and dairy Distress sales of assets and cutbacks in health expenditures due to a temporarynegative income shock can have permanent effects. A healthy agricultural sector can provide an employment buffer in times of economiccrisis, especially in poorer countries Financial and economic crisis should not be used as an excuse for postponing reinvestmentin pro-poor nutrition focused agriculture using a reinvigorated twin trackapproach for agricultural development In addition to the above, targeted direct nutrition interventions are required to help thehungry.
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