(F) Food Security (Book-based) Flashcards

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vital resource for humans, regardless of race, nationality, religious affiliation, economic status, or educational attainment

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Food

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Swaminathan (2003): defined as the “Physical and economic access, at all times, to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food for people to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”

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Food Security

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Job security is a worldwide issue which must be given considerable attention.

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F (food security)

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4
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It may ultimately worsen food security as in the experience of India with its targeted Public Distribution System (PDS) in the 1990s

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Rationing of food

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While relatively poor countries can benefit from this by receiving subsidies from rich countries, the latter will be pressured to increase food production capabilities

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international trade

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6
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T or F. Rich countries may also struggle with handling food security issues at the domestic and the foreign level

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T (international trade)

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Have proven viable in addressing food security issues like in the case of China, one of the most populated countries in the world

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Economic and agricultural reforms

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In 1978, what did China do to ensure food security that was able to reduce the number of undernourished people

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Economic and agricultural reforms

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9
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One of the contributing factors that further cripples and weakens food security both on a domestic and international level is?

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armed conflict

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10
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Choen, Pinstrup-Andersen(1999): In the recent decades, internal strife has debilitated food production and supplies in countries such as except

Israel
Turkey
Syria
Iran

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Iran

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Farmers are also driven away from their lands because of this, and production is then halted

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armed conflict

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12
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not only limited to rural areas but is also an issue plaguing urban sectors especially in countries with internal conflicts

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food shortage

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13
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Lack of food was one of the factors that ignited the _____ and somehow is resembled by the Venezuelan food crisis in the present era.

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French Revolution of 1789

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14
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Singer (2018): As the economy of ______ continues to plummet, prices of commodities skyrocket to unreasonable figures.

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Venezuela

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15
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integral role in maintaining a healthy, functioning, and even peaceful domestic and international environment.

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food

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16
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Establishing this with countries that can respond to the food security challenges of other countries is a goal that all members of the international community must strive for.

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international network