Objective:

Analyze the Mexican food policy in the period 2000-2018; measure the intensity of the intervention of four food programs and the changes in the levels of food shortage at state level between 2010 and 2015 and the effect of those programs on the lack of food in the Mexican states.

Methodology:

Documentary and statistical analysis from secondary sources; the latter included the construction of indicators and the application of the statistical regression technique to quantify the relationship between coverage levels and spending of four food support programs at the state level, as well as between these and the behavior of food shortage between 2010 and 2015.

Results:

The programs do not share a specific resources distribution pattern, although all show an expansion of their coverage, probably related to the increase in their spending level. However, according to the analysis carried out, the increase in the intervention of the set of programs between 2010 and 2015, did not have a significant effect in the reduction of the food shortage and, in some states, it did not avoid its increase between both years.

Limitations:

The exploratory study section does not delve into the contextual factors that could be conditioning the results of the programs, for which new research is required that limits the intervention capacity of the programs in the face of important changes in the economic or social environment.

Conclusions:

The results show that it should be questioned the effectiveness of the resources assigned to certain food programs, as well as the criteria under which the priority federal entities are determined.

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