Objective:

To explore and analyses the importance of food policies through the concept of food security and its dimensions in the case of Mexico and food policies.

Methodology:

Implementation of an analytical device using the food security concept and its dimensions through which food policies can be analyzed.

Results:

Food policy in Mexico has a rather limited scope: between 1940 and 1990, policies catered to the food security dimensions of availability and access through production and consumption subsidies, in addition to fostering productive and commercial activities; from the 1980s onwards, food policies have largely leaned towards the food security dimension of access of the most vulnerable population.

Limitations:

The analysis requires statistical data of the overall contribution of food policies towards food security, whether as individual interventions or from an aggregate perspective.

Conclusions:

Food security does not seem to be a priority for the Mexican State; there is not a wide public strategy in place to move towards food security; for the most part only two of the four dimensions of the food security concept (access and utilization) are considered in the catalogue of policy interventions.

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