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What does food security mean?
What does food security mean?
- Availability of food at all times (correct)
- Having access to gourmet food items
- Exclusivity of food for certain groups
- Promoting fasting and limited food intake
Why are poor households more vulnerable to food insecurity?
Why are poor households more vulnerable to food insecurity?
- They face difficulties in accessing and affording food during production or distribution problems (correct)
- They have a preference for imported food items
- They are dependent on the Public Distribution System (PDS)
- They lack government vigilance and action
In the context of food security, what does 'accessibility' mean?
In the context of food security, what does 'accessibility' mean?
- Food is within reach of every person (correct)
- The ability to grow your own food
- Being able to reach the nearest fast-food restaurant
- The ease of ordering food online
Why is affordability an important dimension of food security?
Why is affordability an important dimension of food security?
Which factor ensures food security in a country?
Which factor ensures food security in a country?
What is the primary purpose of the Public Distribution System (PDS) in the context of food security?
What is the primary purpose of the Public Distribution System (PDS) in the context of food security?
What did the 1995 World Food Summit declare about food security?
What did the 1995 World Food Summit declare about food security?
According to Amartya Sen, what is essential for food security?
According to Amartya Sen, what is essential for food security?
What was the key factor that led to the deaths of agricultural labourers, fishermen, and transport workers in the Famine of Bengal in 1943?
What was the key factor that led to the deaths of agricultural labourers, fishermen, and transport workers in the Famine of Bengal in 1943?
What is the primary consequence of a natural calamity causing a decrease in the production of foodgrains?
What is the primary consequence of a natural calamity causing a decrease in the production of foodgrains?
What did the 1975 understanding of food security primarily focus on?
What did the 1975 understanding of food security primarily focus on?
What did the 1995 World Food Summit declaration recognize as essential for improving access to food?
What did the 1995 World Food Summit declaration recognize as essential for improving access to food?
According to Amartya Sen, what does 'entitlements' refer to in the context of food security?
According to Amartya Sen, what does 'entitlements' refer to in the context of food security?
What was the major contribution made by Amartya Sen to the understanding of food security?
What was the major contribution made by Amartya Sen to the understanding of food security?
'Food security at the individual, household, regional, national and global levels exists when' _____.
'Food security at the individual, household, regional, national and global levels exists when' _____.
'Famine is characterized by wide spread deaths due to starvation and epidemics caused by' _____.
'Famine is characterized by wide spread deaths due to starvation and epidemics caused by' _____.
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