Guatemala – National Food and Nutrition Security Policy updated 16 years after its first version

The Secretariat of Food and Nutritional Security (SESAN in Spanish) of the Presidency of the Republic, headed by Lizett Guzmán, led the updating of the National Food and Nutritional Security Policy (POLSAN) 2022-2037, which is a milestone as it is something that had never been done since its first version.

The POLSAN 2022-2037 establishes the guiding principles, thematic axes and guidelines to orient the country’s Food and Nutritional Security activities. Among its main updates is the rethinking of the target population, the redefinition of objectives, the focus on malnutrition – and not only malnutrition -, the emphasis on food systems and, in a cross-cutting manner, climate change.