Food security
Food security is defined as the state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.
The World Food Summit of 1996 defined food security as existing “when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life”. Commonly, the concept of food security is defined as including both physical and economic access to food that meets people's dietary needs as well as their food preferences. In many countries, health problems related to dietary excess are an ever increasing threat, In fact, malnutrion and foodborne diarrhea are become double burden.
"a condition in which 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" – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
The center for Studies in food Security – Ryerson University identifies the following five components of food security:
· Availability – sufficient food for all people at all times
· Accessibility – Physical and economic access to food for all at all times
· Adequacy – access to food that is nutritious and safe, and produced in environmentally sustainable ways
· Acceptability – access to culturally acceptable food, which is produced and obtained in ways that do not compromise peoples dignity, self-respect or human rights
· Agency – the policies and processes that enable the achievement of food security
Food security is defined as the state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.
The World Food Summit of 1996 defined food security as existing “when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life”. Commonly, the concept of food security is defined as including both physical and economic access to food that meets people's dietary needs as well as their food preferences. In many countries, health problems related to dietary excess are an ever increasing threat, In fact, malnutrion and foodborne diarrhea are become double burden.
"a condition in which 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" – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
The center for Studies in food Security – Ryerson University identifies the following five components of food security:
· Availability – sufficient food for all people at all times
· Accessibility – Physical and economic access to food for all at all times
· Adequacy – access to food that is nutritious and safe, and produced in environmentally sustainable ways
· Acceptability – access to culturally acceptable food, which is produced and obtained in ways that do not compromise peoples dignity, self-respect or human rights
· Agency – the policies and processes that enable the achievement of food security
The World Health Organization (WHO) also identify three similar components for food security:
· Food availability: sufficient quantities of food available on a consistent basis.
· Food access: having sufficient resources to obtain appropriate foods for a nutritious diet.
· Food use: appropriate use based on knowledge of basic nutrition and care, as well as adequate water and sanitation.