Question

what do u mean by food security??

Answer 1

Food securityFood securityis a condition related to the supply of food, and individuals' access to it. Concerns over food security have existed throughout history. There is evidence ofgranariesbeing in use over10,000 years ago, with central authorities in civilizations includingancient Chinaandancient Egyptbeing known to release food from storage in times of famine. At the 1974World Food Conferencethe term "food security" was defined with an emphasis on supply. Foodsecurity, they said, is the "availability at all times of adequate world food supplies of basic foodstuffs to sustain a steady expansion of food consumption and to offset fluctuations in production and prices".[1]Later definitions added demand and access issues to thedefinition. The final report of the 1996 World Food Summit states that food security "exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life".[2][3]Household food security exists when all members, at all times, haveaccess to enough food for an active, healthy life.[4]Individuals who are food secure do not live inhungeror fear ofstarvation.[5]Food insecurity, on the other hand, is a situation of "limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways", according to theUnited States Department of Agriculture(USDA).[6]Food security incorporates a measure of resilience to future disruption or unavailability of critical food supply due to various risk factors including droughts, shipping disruptions, fuel shortages, economic instability, and wars.[7]In the years 2011-2013, an estimated 842 million people were suffering from chronic hunger.[8]TheFood and Agriculture Organizationof the United Nations, or FAO, identified the four pillars of food security as availability, access, utilization, and stability.[9]TheUnited Nations(UN) recognized theRight to Foodin the Declaration of Human Rights in 1948,[5]and has since noted that it is vital for the enjoyment of all other rights.[10]The 1996 World Summit on Food Security declared that "food should not be used as an instrument for political and economic pressure".[3]According to theInternational Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, failed agriculture market regulation and the lack of anti-dumping mechanisms cause much of the world's food scarcity andmalnutrition.

Answer 2

Food security, as defined by the United Nations' Committee on World Food Security, means that all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their food preferences and dietary needs for an active and healthy life.