Chapter 6 Flashcards
The availability of food and one’s access to it
Food Security
Ranges from food secure situations to full-scale famine
Food Insecurity
“When all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life”
The World Food Summit of 1996
Ability to obtain food overtime
Food Stability
Affordability and allocation of food as well as preferences
Food Access
Supply of food through the production, distribution, and exchange
Food Availability
More than 820M people in the world were still hungry in 2018
UNICEF 2019
With the highest prevalence of under nourishment
Africa
Slowly rising in hunger
Latin America and Caribbean
Shows continuous increase since 2010 with 12% of its population under nourished today
Western Asia
2 Common definition of food security
- UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA)
- UN’s - FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO)
Of nutrients adequate and safe foods
Ready Availability
To acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways (without stealing, begging)
Assured Ability
Things affecting food security today
- Global water crisis
- Climate change
- Land degradation
- Greedy land deals
Aware and understands the wider world and their place in it
Global citizen
Is driven by identity and value
Is about the shared human experience
Is also about shared values and shared responsibility
Not the same as globalization.
Global Citizenship
Importance of global citizenship to society, business and the world at large
Technology
Leadership
Business
Politics
Youth, education, and workforce mobility
Environment and climate change
Cities and Urbanization
