Gestión y Prioridades Geográficas por Sectores en Manabí para Mejorar la Seguridad Alimentaria y Desarrollo

The inadequate management of financial and economic resources to reduce the vulnerability of food security in the geographical areas of Manabí, is one of the priorities to be addressed by authorities of undernourished children, to distribute these resources, there is insufficient local management capacity. Food Security is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon; the methodology used is descriptive, comparative and correlational, with variables proposed in the works of Smith/Haddad 2000 and UNICEF 1990, whose main factors are: food, income, infrastructure, water, sanitation, health and education. The main objective is to establish priorities for action to improve the nutritional status and promote the development of Manabí. Determining factors of cantonal vulnerability, the severity of the problem of how many people suffer from it and its response capacity have been measured. In order to solve it, an adequate management of geographic and sectoral priorities is proposed, mainly of financial resources of the competent institutions. Key words: Public expenditure, human development, public policy, planning policies, development.