what do you mean by food security? Explain its dimensions.
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Definition and Dimensions of Food Security
Food security exists when all people at all times have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. The four pillars of food security are: food availability, access to food, utilization and stability. The nutritional dimension is integral to the concept of food security [1].
Dimensions of Food and Nutrition Security
Four elements build the framework of food and nutrition security: availability, access, use and utilization, and stability. The graph below illustrates the three dimensions describing the food flow from availability and access to use and utilization as well as the aspect of sustainability. These aspects are listed in the bottom rectangle in the graph below, representing the temporal determinant, as well as aspects of an enabling environment or frame conditions of Food and Nutrition Security. Stability fundamentally affects all other elements from the basis.
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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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