4 Dimensions of Food Security Flashcards
Food insecurity can be ___ or ____
chronic
transitory
What is chronic food security?
long-term + persistent food insecurity
people can’t meet min. food requirements over sustained time period
What is transitory food insecurity?
short term/temporary food insecurity
sudden drop in ability to produce/access food for good nutrition status
What causes chronic food insecurity?
extended poverty
lack of assets
lack of access to productive/financial resources
What causes transitory food insecurity?
short-term shocks/fluctuations in food availability/access (year to year variations in food production, prices, income)
How is chronic food insecurity addressed (2)?
long-term development measures to address poverty (education, access to productive resources like credit)
direct access to food to raise productive capacity
How is transitory food insecurity addressed? (2)
early warning capacity
safety net programmes
What are issues in addressing transitory food insecurity?
unpredictable (can emerge suddently) - difficult to plan for
What is the foundation and the 3 pillars of food security?
foundation: STABILITY
AVAILABILITY
ACCESS
UTILIZATION
What is ‘availability?’ what affects it?
‘supply’ - the physical availability of food
food production, stock levels, net trade
What is ‘access?’ what affects it?
economic + physical access - ability to reach and afford food
incomes, expenditures, market prices
What is ‘utilization’? what affects it?
harnessing nutrition within food
good care/feeding practices, food prep, diet diversity, intra-household food distribution, biological utilization (health)
The other 3 dimensions depend on _____. What affects it?
Stability (must have security at all times without periods of inadequate access)
weather, political instability economic factors (unemployment, rising prices)
