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    Global food security refers to all people having access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food at all times. There are four components of food security - availability, access, utilization, and stability. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) works to achieve food security worldwide by leading international efforts to defeat hunger through their work in over 130 countries. Ensuring global food security produces wide-ranging benefits such as economic growth, poverty reduction, increased trade, global stability, and improved health.

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    Global food security refers to all people having access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food at all times. There are four components of food security - availability, access, utilization, and stability. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) works to achieve food security worldwide by leading international efforts to defeat hunger through their work in over 130 countries. Ensuring global food security produces wide-ranging benefits such as economic growth, poverty reduction, increased trade, global stability, and improved health.

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    Global food security refers to all people having access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food at all times. There are four components of food security - availability, access, utilization, and stability. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) works to achieve food security worldwide by leading international efforts to defeat hunger through their work in over 130 countries. Ensuring global food security produces wide-ranging benefits such as economic growth, poverty reduction, increased trade, global stability, and improved health.

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    Global Food Security

    • Food security refers to conditions 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 (FAO, 1996)
    • Food security refers to the
    availability of food and one’s
    access to it. A household is
    considered food-secure when its
    occupants do not live in hunger or
    fear of starvation. According to the
    World Resources Institute, global
    per capita food production has
    been increasing substantially for
    the past several decades.
    FOUR COMPONENTS OF FOOD SECURITY

    1. Availability:
    “Does food exist near me?”
    2. Access:
    “Can I get to food easily?”
    FOUR COMPONENTS OF FOOD SECURITY

    3. Utilization:
    “Will this food contribute to my
    health and well-being?”
    4. Stability:
    “Will food be available tomorrow,
    next week, next month?”

    • When any one of these components are stressed or unmet, it’s


    considered FOOD INSECURITY.
    THE FOOD AND
    AGRICULTURE
    ORGANIZATION (FAO)

    • The Food and Agriculture


    Organization (FAO) is a
    specialized agency of the United
    Nations that leads international
    efforts to defeat hunger.
    THE FOOD AND
    AGRICULTURE
    ORGANIZATION (FAO)
    • Our goal is to achieve food security for
    all and make sure that people have regular
    access to enough high-quality food to lead
    active, healthy lives. With over 194
    member states, FAO works in over 130
    countries worldwide. We believe that
    everyone can play a part in ending hunger.
    Why is Food Security important?

    A. Everybody has to eat.


    • The obvious should not go
    without saying. Our dependency
    on food is so central that we often
    do not consider it or who is
    benefitting and who is paying.
    B. Food is a basic human right.
    • United Nations Universal Declaration
    of Human Rights. Article 25 includes the
    “right to a standard of living adequate
    for the health and well-being of himself
    and of his family, including food,
    clothing, housing and medical care.
    C. Food is the basis of a community’s economy.
    • Food is the basic element of community self-reliance. It
    provides jobs, enhances culture, enables community and
    supports public health.
    Because of its essential nature,
    agriculture and food keeps going when
    other industries fail. For every farmer
    there are many related jobs in
    processing, distribution, sales, and
    food preparation.
    D. Good food is the basis of health.

    • Nutrition is tied to health. The


    major causes of death and
    disability in our society
    (cardiovascular disease,
    diabetes, cancer) can all be
    significantly affected by healthy
    eating choices and lifestyles.
    Access to quality, 1. Economic growth
    nutritious food is fundamental and job creation
    to human existence. Secure 2. Poverty reduction
    access to food can produce 3. Trade
    wide ranging positive opportunities
    impacts, including:

    4. Increased global
    security and stability
    5. Improved health and
    healthcare

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