24 Facts About Food security

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Food security is the measure of the availability of food and individuals' ability to access it.

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Similarly, household food security is considered to exist when all members, at all times, have access to enough food for an active, healthy life.

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In particular Goal 2: Zero Hunger sets globally agreed on targets to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture by 2030.

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Food security can be measured by calories to digest out to intake per person per day, available on a household budget.

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The UN World Food Program has issued multiple warnings of worsening food insecurity.

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Food security is a policy priority of the government of China.

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World Summit on Food Security, held in Rome in 1996, aimed to renew a global commitment to the fight against hunger.

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In 2009, the World Summit on Food Security stated that the "four pillars of food security are availability, access, utilization, and stability".

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Food security availability relates to the supply of food through production, distribution, and exchange.

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Food security production is determined by a variety of factors including land ownership and use; soil management; crop selection, breeding, and management; livestock breeding and management; and harvesting.

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Food security distribution involves the storage, processing, transport, packaging, and marketing of food.

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Per capita world food supplies are more than adequate to provide food security to all, and thus food accessibility is a greater barrier to achieving food security.

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Food security access refers to the affordability and allocation of food, as well as the preferences of individuals and households.

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Food security safety affects food utilization, and can be affected by the preparation, processing, and cooking of food in the community and household.

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Food security stability refers to the ability to obtain food over time.

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Chronic and transitory food insecurity are linked, since the reoccurrence of transitory food security can make households more vulnerable to chronic food insecurity.

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The plan calls to improve long-term food security by strengthening farming and food supplies to cope with climate change and loss of biodiversity in Asia and the Pacific.

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Food security's approach is to explore the vulnerability of food systems to climate change and he defines vulnerability to climate change as situations that occur when relatively minor environmental problems cause major effects on food security.

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However, the links between food loss and waste reduction and food security are complex, and positive outcomes are not always certain.

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World Food Programme has stated that pandemics such as the COVID-19 pandemic risk undermining the efforts of humanitarian and food security organizations to maintain food security.

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World Food Programme is an agency of the United Nations that uses food aid to promote food security and eradicate hunger and poverty.

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In particular Goal 2: Zero Hunger sets globally agreed targets to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture by 2030.

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Food security could be increased by integrating alternative foods that can be grown in compact environments, that are resilient to pests and disease, and that don't require complex supply chains.

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Bees and other pollinating insects help sustain food security by contributing to a variety of crops, and are estimated to improve the food output of some 2 billion small farmers.

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