Food Security Overview

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What are the dimensions of food security mentioned in the text?

  • Availability, accessibility, and affordability (correct)
  • Affordability, sustainability, and safety
  • Quality, quantity, and diversity
  • Production, distribution, and consumption

Which factor does food security depend on, according to the text?

  • Government vigilance and action (correct)
  • Individual responsibility
  • Technological advancements
  • Climate change

Why is food security important?

  • To reduce food waste
  • To ensure everyone has access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food (correct)
  • To maintain cultural traditions related to food
  • To increase government revenue from food production

What does accessibility in food security mean?

<p>The ability of every person to reach food (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was Amartya Sen's contribution to the understanding of food security?

<p>He emphasized the importance of 'entitlements' in accessing food (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the 1995 World Food Summit, when does food security exist?

<p>When all people have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food at all times (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the 1975 UN definition of food security emphasize?

<p>The availability at all times of an adequate supply of basic foodstuffs (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does a natural calamity like drought affect food security?

<p>It decreases the total production of foodgrains, creating a shortage of food in the affected areas (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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