 This paper examines the influence of historical economic policy agendas and paradigms on current food and nutrition policy in Ghana. It finds that despite increased political priority for nutrition in Ghana, its integration into food policy remains limited due to a strong focus on production, employment and economic returns. The paper also highlights the importance of understanding the historical context of these policy agendas and paradigms, which are rooted in structural adjustment in the 1980s and trade liberalization in the 1990s, combined with historical experience of failure of food policy intervention and an entrenched narrowly economic conception of food security. This article was authored by Enmarito, Charles Appere, Janelle Winters and others.