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KMID : 0665420220370050410
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Korean Journal of Food Culture
2022 Volume.37 No. 5 p.410 ~ p.417
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Value and Meaning of Dietary Management Based on the Agrifood Voucher in the Republic of Korea
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Kim Jung-Hyun
Yoon Ji-Hyun
Choi Seul-Ki
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Abstract
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The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs introduced the Agrifood Voucher in 2020. The Agrifood Voucher isthe program that provides vouchers to purchase selected food items with dietary management education. This study aimedto explore value and meaning of dietary management based on the Agrifood Voucher. First, the Supplemental NutritionAssistance Program of the United States and the Agrifood Voucher of Korea were reviewed. Second, various terms used fordescribing the purpose of food assistance programs were comparatively reviewed and ‘food and nutrition security’, togetherwith the corresponding Korean term, was proposed to be the most appropriate term for the purpose. Subsequently, thevalue and meaning of dietary management based on the Agrifood Voucher were presented as enhancing food and nutritionsecurity of the vulnerable. Diverse education programs should be developed and implemented to improve the dietarymanagement capacity of the Agrifood Voucher recipients in order to properly realize the meaning and value of dietarymanagement based on the Agrifood Voucher in the future.
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KEYWORD
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Food assistance program, agrifood voucher, food and nutrition security, dietary management
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