Social Security: Politics of Food Security in Brazil.

The concept of social security has secured a prominent position in the policy formulation of many countries. The necessity to provide the required social support for reform programmes, to promote social justice and equity and protect its citizens against risks and to ensure basic acceptable livelihood standards for all are the main trust areas behind the concept. The article aims to focus on social security scenario especially the current state of food security in Brazil and its political implications. It will give an overview of the various policy reforms and programme in the field of social security especially in making food secured for the poor that is the Fome Zero or the Zero Hunger Project under the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva taking a cue from historical, analytical and descriptive methods. Brazil has set an example that by focusing efforts directly on hunger reduction, it becomes quite formidable to set in motion a much broader process of economic and social transformation. It not only emancipates the poor from hunger but also offers them a dignity of life. The commitment to end hunger also implies that utmost priority should be given in creating a nationwide social protection system that enables the poor to access the food they need for a healthy and productive life. Food and nutritional deprivations have adverse lifelong implications whether it pertains to health (both in terms of physical and cognitive development), for education (in terms of participation and cognitive functioning), for gender relations (women are generally the bearers of malnourishment and biasness) and in terms of employment and income generation as malnourished and weak people are less productive.