Question

Why is food security important?

Answer 1

Agricultural productivity: Food shortages can be caused by a lack of farming skills such as crop rotation, or by a lack of technology or resources needed for the higher yields found in modern agriculture, such as nitrogen fertilizers, pesticides and irrigation.

Answer 2

Answer:

Food security has the following dimensions: Availability of food: It means food production within the country, food imports and the previous years stock stored in government granaries.

Affordability: It implies that an individual has enough money to buy sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet one's dietary needs