ENSC 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sustainable Agriculture, Robustness, World Food Summit
2 Jan 2017
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Food availability: the availability of sufficient quantities of food of appropriate quality, supplied through domestic production or imports (including food aid). Food access: access by individual to adequate resources (entitlements) for acquired appropriate foods for a nutritious diet. Utilization: utilization of food through adequate diet, clean water, sanitation and health care to reach a state of nutritional well-being where all physiological needs are met. This brings out the importance of non-food inputs in food security. Stability: to be food secure, a population, household or individual must have access to adequate food at all times. They should not risk losing access to food as a consequence of sudden shock (ex. An economic or climatic crisis) or cyclical events (ex. The concepts of stability can therefore refer to both the availability and access dimensions of food security. The right to food is not a new concept, first noted by the un declaration of.
