Explain the Food Security?

You were introduced to the concept of food security in Unit 2. Food security, we learnt, is access by all people at all times to enough food for an active healthy life. In 1983, the FAO Committee on World Food Security, formalized the definition in 1983 and incorporated following three specific goals for food security which include:

1) Ensuring adequacy of food supplies,

2) Maximizing stability of supplies, and

3) Securing access to available supplies to all who need them.

Food security can be at the individual level, household level and at the community level. In a given situation, food insecurity can result from the following three causes. These are related to availability, accessibility and appropriate utilization of the food.