Food security

FOOD SECURITY SU150366 - DVANE BEN COUTINHO

SU150369 – SURAJ RAJENDRA KALE

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION• WITH INCREASE IN THE POPULATION THE DEMAND FOR BASIC FOOD NEEDS INCREASES.• THIS DEMAND ALSO INCREASES DURING TIMES OF NATURAL CALAMITIES • GRANARIES WERE BUILT AND FOOD WAS RATIONALIZED BY PEOPLE TO OVER COME THIS PROBLEM

OVER HUNDRED OF YEARS.• POST-WORLD WAR II, THE WORLD SAW NEED FOR FORMATION OF AN ORGANIZATION TO MANGE THE

FOOD CRISIS AND SO THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION ( F.A.O. ) WAS INTRODUCED IN THE YEAR 1945.• IN 1974, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (W.H.O.) OF THE UNITED NATION ( U.N. ) ALONG WITH

THE FAO HAD A WORLD FOOD SUMMIT DUE TO THE GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS TO FINALLY TAKE CHARGE IN MANAGING THE CRISIS AND THE CONCEPT OF “FOOD SECURITY” WAS BROUGHT FORTH.

FOOD SECURITY : DEFINITION

• DURING THE FIRST SUMMIT IN 1945, THE F.A.O. AND W.H.O. FOCUSED MAINLY IN INCREASING THE VOLUME OF FOOD AVAILABLE AND KEEPING IT STABLE AND SO DEFINED IT AS

“AVAILABILITY AT ALL TIMES OF ADEQUATE WORLD FOOD SUPPLIES OF BASIC FOODSTUFFS TO SUSTAIN A STEADY EXPANSION OF FOOD CONSUMPTION AND TO OFFSET FLUCTUATIONS IN PRODUCTION AND PRICES” (UNITED NATIONS, 1975)

• AS THE YEARS PASSED BY THE F.A.O. AND W.H.O. SAW THAT FOOD SECURITY HAD TO BE FOCUSED ALSO ON MEETING THE DIETARY NEEDS OF PEOPLE COMING FROM EVERY BACKGROUND MAY THEY BE RICH OR POVERTY STRICKEN AND SO BY 2001 THEY WERE ABLE TO DEFINE THE CONCEPT PROPERLY AS

“FOOD SECURITY IS A SITUATION THAT EXISTS WHEN ALL PEOPLE, AT ALL TIMES, HAVE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ACCESS TO SUFFICIENT, SAFE AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD THAT MEETS THEIR DIETARY NEEDS AND FOOD PREFERENCES FOR AN ACTIVE AND HEALTHY LIFE”. (THE STATE OF FOOD INSECURITY IN THE WORLD 2001)

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THE FOUR PILLARS OF FOOD SECURITY

THE FOUR PILLARS OF FOOD SECURITY• THE W.H.O. STATED THAT THERE ARE BASICALLY THERE PILLARS OF FOOD

SECURITY :FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD ACCESSIBILITY AND ITS PROPER UTILIZATION• DURING WORLD FOOD SUMMIT OF 2009, THE F.A.O. INTRODUCED THE

FORTH PILLAR : STABILITY OF FOOD AVAILABILITY, ACCESS AND UTILIZATION (DECLARATION OF THE WORLD FOOD SUMMIT ON FOOD SECURITY , 2009). • ALL FOUR PILLARS ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR UPHOLDING THE CONCEPT OF

FOOD SECURITY.

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THE THREE PILLARS OF FOOD SECURITY BY W.H.O.

FOOD AVAILABILITY• DOMESTIC

PRODUCTION• IMPORT CAPACITY• FOOD STOCKS• FOOD AID

PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC ACCESS

TO FOOD• PURCHASING

POWER• INCOME OF

POPULATION• TRANSPORT AND

MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE

FOOD UTILIZATION• FOOD SAFETY

• HYGIENE AND MANUFACTURING PRACTICES APPLIED IN: PRIMARY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, HARVESTING AND STORAGE; FOOD PROCESSING; TRANSPORTATION, RETAIL, HOUSEHOLDS

• DIET QUALITY AND DIVERSITY : MEETING NEEDS IN TERMS OF ENERGY, MACRO- AND MICRONUTRIENTS

THE FORTH PILLAR OF FOOD SECURITY BY F.A.O.STABILITY OF SUPPLY AND ACCESS

•WEATHER VARIABILITY•PRICE

FLUCTUATIONS•POLITICAL

FACTORS•ECONOMIC

FACTORS

CONCLUSION • ” FOOD SECURITY” IS BASICALLY A WAY TO MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IS ABLE TO ACCESS FOOD SERVICES AT ALL TIME WITHOUT SHORTAGE FOR NUTRITION PURPOSES.• THIS CAN BE ONLY DONE UPHOLDING THE FOUR PILLARS I.E.

AVAILABILITY, ACCESS, UTILIZATION AND STABILITY.• FOOD SECURITY IS A COMPLEX SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

ISSUE, LINKED TO HEALTH THROUGH MALNUTRITION, BUT ALSO TO SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENT, AND TRADE. • THIS COULD ALSO HELP THE WORLD PREPARE FOR FUTURE

CONSUMPTION NEEDS THAT WILL ARISE DUE TO THE EVER INCREASING POPULATION.

REFERENCES • (2009). DECLARATION OF THE WORLD FOOD SUMMIT ON FOOD SECURITY .

ROME: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS.• DECLARATION OF THE WORLD SUMMIT ON FOOD SECURITY. (2009,

NOVEMBER 16-18). RETRIEVED FROM FAO: HTTP://WWW.FAO.ORG/FILEADMIN/TEMPLATES/WSFS/SUMMIT/DOCS/FINAL_DECLARATION/WSFS09_DECLARATION.PDF• MERCY CORPS. (2009). FOOD SECURITY. MERCY CORPS, 2.• (2002). THE STATE OF FOOD INSECURITY IN THE WORLD 2001. ROME: FAO.• UNITED NATIONS. (1975). REPORT OF THE WORLD FOOD CONFERENCE, ROME

5-16 NOVEMBER 1974. NEW YORK.

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