Question

what do you mean by food security? Explain its dimensions.

Answer 1

Food security refers to the availability, accesibility and affordability of nutritious and safe food to everyone at all times. The most vulnerable people to food security are the poor.

Food security has three dimensions ↓

δ Availability of Food - Availability of food means that everyone has access to the food production within the country, food imports and the previous year stocks stored in government granaries.

δ Accessibility of Food - Accessibility of food means that food is within the reach of every person. So that people do not need to walk kilometres just to get food for consumption.

δ Affordability of Food - Affordability of food means that every citizen has enough cash to purchase sufficient, safe and nutritious food for fulfilling one's nutritional and dietary needs.

Food Security is India is ensured only when these factors are taken care of.

Answer 2

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Food Security:-

==> Food security of a nation is ensured if all of its citizens have enough nutritious food available, all persons have the capacity to buy food of acceptable quality and there is no barrier on access to food.

Its Dimentions are:-

==> Availability of food: This means the food production within the country, food imports and previous years’ stock stored in government granaries.

==> Accessibility of food: This means food should be within reach of every person.

==> Affordability: This means that every individual has enough money to buy sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet one’s dietary needs.  

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