Quiz 1

Question 1

What is the professor’s name?

Answer 1

Hugo Melgar-Quinonez

Question 2

Define Hunger

Answer 2

• Feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat
• Strong desire or craving for food

Question 3

What is “hidden hunger”?

Answer 3

lack of vitamins and minerals

the person can be overweight or underweight too

Question 4

Main ideas of Food Security

Answer 4

• all people, all times
• physical and economic access
• sufficient, safe and nutritious food
• dietary needs and preferences
• active and healthy life

Question 5

What is “food insecurity”?

Answer 5

limited or uncertain AVAILABILTY of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ABILITY TO ACQUIRE acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways/

Question 6

What are the three layers of environments that affect food security?

Answer 6

• physical environment
• social environment
• policy environment

Question 7

How does physical environment affect food security?

Answer 7

climate change
soil degradation
water scarcity
lack of infrastructure

Question 8

How does social environment affect food security?

Answer 8

• inequalities in land distribution
• conflicts
• dependence

Question 9

How does policy environment affect food security?

Answer 9

• lack of budget allocation to hunger
• unstable food markets
• political instability

Question 10

What did the Universal Declaration of Human Rights say in 1948?

Answer 10

Everyone has the right to standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of HIMSELF and HIS family, including food…

Question 11

What does ICESCR stand for?

Answer 11

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Question 12

What does “right to adequate food” mean?

Answer 12

“the right of everyone to adequate food and the fundamental right to be free from hunger”

Question 13

What does “right to adequate food” promise?

Answer 13

• regular, permanent and unrestricted access
• quantitatively and qualitatively adequate food
• corresponding to cultural traditions

Question 14

Right to adequate food is ratified by over ____ countries

Answer 14

150

Question 15

What does “legally binding” mean?

Answer 15

obligatory for states

Question 16

ICESCR has 3 conditions to be met by the states and they are:

Answer 16

The states must

• RESPECT –> cannot take measure that recent people to access food
• PROTECT –> prevent others from interfering
• FULFILL –> create conditions for effective realisation

Question 17

Human Dignity

Answer 17

vulnerable groups need to be protected following the human dignity principle

Question 18

Legal Obligations

Answer 18

many countries have ratified ICESCR

Question 19

International Commitments

Answer 19

human rights and the right to adequate food are necessary to achieve the millennium development goals

Question 20

Economic Reasons

Answer 20

hunger, malnutrition and poverty have economic and social costs

Question 21

Political Reasons

Answer 21

Politicians who implement the right to food are more popular among voters

Question 22

Ethical Reasons

Answer 22

since we have knowledge and resources, it would be unethical not to act

Question 23

Why the right to adequate food is a concern for us? (6)

Answer 23

• human dignity
• legal obligations
• international commitments
• economic reasons
• political reasons
• ethical reasons

Question 24

How does a “human rights-based” approach help the right to adequate food?

Answer 24

• recognises access to food is a human right
• puts people at the centre of development
• recognises that all individuals are rights holders, not mere beneficiaries
• makes the progressive realisation of the right to food duty, not a matter of choice
• makes states aware of their obligations and draws attention to responsibilities of other stakeholders
• supports avoiding harmful policies and actions in violation of the obligation to respect and protect the right to food.
• prioritises the right against hunger at national levels
  applies the human rights principles
• introduces complaint and redress mechanisms deal with alleged violations of the right to food.

Question 25

Chronic Food Insecurity is…

Answer 25

long-term or persistent

Question 26

Chronic Food Insecurity occurs when…

Answer 26

people are unable to meet their minimum food requirements over a sustained period of time

Question 27

Chronic Food Insecurity results from…

Answer 27

extended periods of poverty,
lack of food assets and
inadequate access to productive or financial resources

Question 28

Chronic Food Insecurity can be overcome with…

Answer 28

typical long-term development measures also used to address poverty, such as education or access to productive resources, such s credit.
they may also need more direct access to food to enable them to raise their productive capacity.

Question 29

Transitory Food Insecurity is…

Answer 29

short-term and temporary

Question 30

Transitory Food Insecurity occurs when…

Answer 30

there is a sudden drop in the ability to produce or access enough food to maintain a good nutritional status

Question 31

Transitory Food Insecurity results from…

Answer 31

short-term shocks and fluctuations in food availability and food access, including year-to-year variations in domestic food production, food prices, and household incomes

Question 32

Transitory Food Insecurity can be overcome with…

Answer 32

transitory food insecurity is relatively unpredictable and can emerge suddenly. this makes planning and programming more difficult and requires different capacities and types of intervention, including early warming capacity and safety net programmes

Question 33

4 dimensions of food security

Answer 33

• availability
• access
• utilization
• stability

Question 34

Physical AVAILABILITY of food

Answer 34

Addresses the “supply side” of food security and is determined by the level of food production, stock levels and net trade

Question 35

Economic and Physical ACCESS to food

Answer 35

an adequate supply of food at the national or international level does not in itself guarantee household level food security concerns about insufficient food access have resulted in a greater policy focus on incomes, expenditure, markets and prices in achieving food security objectives

Question 36

Food UTILIZATION

Answer 36

utilization is commonly understood ad the way the body makes the most of various nutrients in the food. sufficient energy and nutrient intake by individuals is the result of good care and feeding practices, food preparation, density of the diet and intra-household distribution of food. Combined with good biological utilization of food consumed, this determines the nutritional status of individuals.

Question 37

STABILITY of the other three dimensions over time

Answer 37

Even if your food intake is adequate today, you are still considered to be food insecure if you have inadequate access to food on a periodic basis, risking a detoriation of your nutritional status. Adverse weather conditions, political instability, or economic factors (unemployment, rising food prices) may have an impact on your food security status

Question 38

Food safety vs food security

Answer 38

food safety is the proper handling the food but it doesn’t cover the other facts that food security covers. food safety is a term used in food security as well

Question 39

Alfatoxins

Answer 39

toxins found in corn and affecting the food safety and the security by causing diseases and underdevelopment of children.

Question 40

Food insecurity

Answer 40

Limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways.