Public policies and food security in Venezuela until 2008

This research had as a general objective, analyze public policies in the agricultural sector during the periods 1989-1998 and 1999-2008, allied with the agri-food security. Presents the relationship between macroeconomic policies and food security.. This thematic approach was based on the contributions of Gonzalez (2011), Hernandez (1995), FAO (1996), and review of financial, statistical and nutritional reports, among others. The methodical approach is documentary and bibliographical revision. Chronological series was built based on indicators related to the macroeconomic environment and the agri-food sector. In general terms, this work, locate the trends identified in the 1989-2008 period, in relation to variables such as per capita income and food consumption. It is concluded, that during the years that elapse between 1989 and 2003 the food social programs failed to stop the deterioration of the caloric intake that occurred as a result of the fall in the purchasing power of specifically line feed, which was associated with the reform process and against reform, and prolongs the tendency towards the deterioration of the caloric intake that develops after 1981, as part of the collapse of world ranking capitalism and the country. In the subperiod 2004-2008, there is an increase in intake and food access caused by the oil boom levels and food and social policies that were in this context, which does not seem to be sustainable in a scenario of lower prices of oil and of a market economy in general extremely unstable.