Food Security Flashcards
(19 cards)
Food security exists when all people, at all times, have __________ , __________ and __________ access to: Sufficient, __________ and __________ food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
Food insecurity exists when this access is jeopardized.
physical ; social
economic ; safe
nutritious
Physical- ___________
Social ___________
Economic ____________
Availability
Acceptability
Accessibility
Household food security
Access by all members at all times to enough food for an active, _________ life.
Food security includes at a minimum:
Ready _________ of nutritionally adequate and safe foods,
Assured ability to _________ acceptable foods in _________ acceptable ways (that is, without resorting to emergency food supplies, scavenging, stealing, or other coping strategies).
All occupants do not live in _________ or fear of _________.
healthy ; availability
acquire ; socially
hunger ; starvation.
Dimensions of food security
_____ility
______ility
_________
_________
Availability:
Accessibility:
Adequacy:
Acceptability:
Dimensions of food security
Availability: Increased __________
Accessibility:
________ of Access between the rich and the poor within and between societies.
_________ ability to purchase sufficient foods
Production; Equality
Economic
Dimensions of food security
Adequacy:
__________ of production, distribution, consumption and waste management
__________ food system: satisfy those who are __________ without _______________________ .
Acceptability: food options determined by __________. E.g Pork is unacceptable in the North.
Sustainability ; Sustainable
alive now ; jeopardising the future .
culture.
Pillars of food security
Food _________
Food _________
Food _________
Food availability:
Food access:
Food use:
Pillars of food security
Food availability: Sufficient __________ of food available on a consistent basis.
Food access: having sufficient resources to __________ appropriate foods for a nutritious diet.
Food use: appropriate use based on
__________ of basic nutrition and care Adequate water and sanitation.
quantities ;obtain
Knowledge
Factors that affect food security
Food ___________
Food ___________
___________ & ___________ Characteristics
___________/___________
Food production
Food preservation
Demographic & Household
Income/Expenditures
Factors that affect food security
Demographic & Household Characteristics
¡ Household _________
¡ _________ Characteristics
¡ The main source for _________, _________ and _________ (for cooking)
¡ The _________ of kitchen, bathroom and toilet
Income/Expenditures
¡ Total _________, Households _________, Access to _________
size ; Dwelling
water ; electricity ; energy
availability ; Income
Expenditure ; credit
Food security is clearly linked to health
T/F
T
Food insecurity leads to __________ which affects health
poor nutrition
Distribution of food is not equitable even within the household.
How?
Dad is usually a glutton for punishment
Effects of food crisis on health
•__________ in health generally
•Increased rate of undernutrition (________ , ________, ________, ________, other nutrient deficiencies), ________ birth weight,
•High maternal and child and morbidity and mortality
Deterioration
PEU, CED, Anaemia
stunting ; Low
Effects of food crisis on health
•Increase in burden of ____________ diseases
•________ spending on ________ services
•Reduced human Potential: Impaired _______ development, less ________, impaired __________ performance.
•Delay in attaining _______ 1, 4, 5 &6
•Non-communicable
Less ; health
Mental; productivity ; reproductive
MDGs
___________________ (PEU)
___________________ (CED)
___________________ (MDG)
Protein-energy undernutrition
Chronic energy deficiency
Millennium developmental goals
Achieving food security
More rapid _________ growth: specifically the ___________ sectors
Slower _________ growth
Lower levels of _________ and other _________ diseases
economic ; agricultural
population ; HIV
wasting
Achieving food security
Eventually, the rising ___________ productivity drives economic growth
Higher ranking in the Human Development
Enhancing human capital through _________ and improved _____\.
agricultural
education
health.
Use of locally available food
Need for novel foods produced through bio-technology globally but more _______ foods in developing countries
They are at hand and ________
They are _________ to people’s eating habits and .
They are in _________ form and safer for health compared with _________ food
They contain other substances apart from nutrients such as _________, _________ etc.
local ; accessible
Adapted ; natural
processed
phyto-chemicals ; antioxidants
