Taking food availability as an example, risk comes from a shortfall in food supply due, for instance, to a significant crop failure. Government policies need to be able to manage, in a coordinated way, food supplies coming from production, imports and stocks so that the whole set of trade and agricultural policies play a role in responding to availability risks. As for access, it is the role of the government to enhance households’ access to efficient risk management strategies, whether through economic diversification or the use of community or market insurance or, in the most extreme cases, public safety nets that can be scaled up in the case of a crisis. Finally, as for utilisation, direct nutritional intervention may be needed.