Food Security Overview Quiz

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What are the dimensions of food security according to the text?

Food imports and previous years stock

Production and distribution of food crops

Government vigilance and action

Availability, accessibility, and affordability of food (correct)

Which factor is NOT considered as a dimension of food security in the text?

Government vigilance and action (correct)

Food production within the country

Affordability of food

Accessibility of food to every person

What does affordability of food imply according to the text?

Access to food for every person

Food imports and previous years stock

Food production within the country

Having enough money to buy sufficient, safe, and nutritious food (correct)

Which of the following is essential for ensuring food security in a country?

All of the options mentioned Signup and view all the answers

What makes poor households more vulnerable to food insecurity according to the text?

Problem of production or distribution of food crops Signup and view all the answers

What did Amartya Sen emphasize in his new dimension to food security?

The combination of food production and market exchange Signup and view all the answers

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

When there is physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food Signup and view all the answers

What is essential to improve access to food according to the World Food Summit declaration?

Poverty eradication Signup and view all the answers

How does a natural calamity like drought affect food security?

It decreases the total production of foodgrains, creating a shortage of food Signup and view all the answers

What was the original understanding of food security in the 1970s according to the text?

'Availability at all times of adequate supply of basic foodstuffs' Signup and view all the answers

Food Security Overview Quiz

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What are the dimensions of food security according to the text?

Which factor is NOT considered as a dimension of food security in the text?

What does affordability of food imply according to the text?

Which of the following is essential for ensuring food security in a country?

What makes poor households more vulnerable to food insecurity according to the text?

What did Amartya Sen emphasize in his new dimension to food security?

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

What is essential to improve access to food according to the World Food Summit declaration?

How does a natural calamity like drought affect food security?

What was the original understanding of food security in the 1970s according to the text?

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