The Four Dimensions of Food Security Flashcards
Chronic food insecurity is _______
is long-term or persistent.
What occurs when people are unable to meet their minimum food requirements over a sustained period of time?
Chronic food insecurity
What results from short-term shocks and fluctuations in food availability and food access (year-to-year variations in domestic food production, food prices, and household incomes)?
Transitory food insecurity
__________ is short-term, unpredictable and temporary.
Transitory food insecurity
What results from extended periods of poverty, lack of assets, and inadequate access to productive or financial resources?
Chronic food insecurity
How can Chronic food insecurity be possibly overcame?
It can be possibly overcome with long-term development measures used to address poverty, more direct access to food to enable them to raise their productive capacity
How can Transitory food insecurity be possibly overcame?
with early warning capacity and safety net programs
What are the four pillars of food security?
- Availability - Access - Utilization - Stability
Physical availability of food addresses the ___ side of food security and is determined by the level of ____, ____ levels, and _____
Physical availability of food addresses the supply side of food security and is determined by the level of food production, stock levels, and net trade?
What addresses incomes, expenditure, markets and prices in achieving food security objectives?
Economic and physical access to food
What is Food utilization?
The way the body makes the most of various nutrients in food.
Food utilization addresses good _____ and ______ practices, food _____, _____ of the diet and ______ distribution of food
Food utilization addresses good care and feeding practices, food preparation, diversity of the diet and intra-household distribution of food
Food utilization combined with ___________ determines the nutritional status of individuals.
good biological utilization
________ was adopted by FAO council .
The Right to Food Guidelines
Are the Right to Food guidelines legally binding?
No, they are voluntary and non-legally binding
What are the four components of food stability in terms of food security?
- Social - Environmental - Economic - Political SEEP
Intermediate type of food insecurity is ____
seasonal food insecurity
Seasonal food insecurity occurs when____
When there is a cyclical pattern of inadequate availability and access to food.
This is associated with seasonal fluctuations in the climate, cropping patterns, work opportunities (labour demand) and/or prevalence of diseases
Acute food insecurity describes____
severe and life threatening situation.
How can intensity of food insecurity may be measured?
It can be measured in terms of levels of food intake
What is the measure of undernourishment (hunger) as defined by FAO?
The proportion of the population whose dietary energy consumption is less than a pre-determined threshold
What are the dimensions of vulnerability?
3 dimensions of vulnerability:
1) vulnerability to an OUTCOME;
2) from a variety of RISK FACTORS;
3) because of an INABILITY TO MANAGE those risks.
What is the purpose of Vulnerability Analysis (VA) and it’s uses?
- Vulnerability Analysis (VA) helps to design better food security responses.
- It has implications for both emergency programming and for longer-term food security policies. Allows for a more precisely targeted response than a simple estimation of the aggregate food gap.
What are the 2 intervention options offered by VA?
- Reduce the degree of exposure to the hazard
- Increase the ability to cope.
