FOOD SECURITY Flashcards
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WORLD FOOD SUMMIT 1996
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- when all people at all times have access to safe, suficient and nutricious food to maintain a healthy and active life
- avaliablity, access, utilisation, stability
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FOOD SECURITY IN ETHIOPIA
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- 10& of population food insecure, 15% in times of drought
- one in four remain undernourished in SSA
- global conditions like high food and fuel prices and global financial crisis
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FOOD INSECURITY IN SEKHUKHUNE
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- insecurity due to inadequete access to food, buying from commercial suppliers rather than growing it themselves
- economically and socially marginalised are most vulnerable
- 40% households grow own food for supplementary purposes (focus on bought food) / 40% of children 1-6 are stunted
- insecurity driven by reliance on purchased foods and high exposure to inflation and price shocks
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SASSON
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- SSA 239 million people suffering from hunger
- 12 million people suffering from stravation in Horn of Africa 2011 due to drought, Somalia price of Sorghun 240% , purchasing power of people became nil
- shift from self-sufficency to insecurity due to promoters of free trade causing harsh competition for small producers like independent farmers
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MWANIKI
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- 70% of food insecure in Africa live in rural areas
- food access dependent on economic factors, physical infrastructure and consumer preference
