What is food security?What are dimensions of it?
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Food Security
Food security means availability, accessibility and affordability of food to all people at all times.
Dimensions of Food Security
◾Availability of food = means food production within the country,food imports and the previous years stock stores in government granaries.
◾Accessibility = means food is within reach of every person.
◾Affordability = implies that an individual has enough money to buy sufficient,safe and nutritious food to meet one's dietary needs.
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.