INTRODUCTION TO FOOD TECHNOLOGY
IMPORTANCE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY IN TODAYS WORLD
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The way in which something is shared out among a group or spread over an area
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The equal access and availability of food
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When all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs for an active and healthy life
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People’s access to food is minimally adequate and they have trouble meeting their basic needs
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is Food Equity? Food equity is the expansive concept that all people have the ability and opportunity to grow and to consume healthful, affordable, and culturally significant foods.
Detailed explanation-2: -Food availability: The availability of sufficient quantities of food of appropriate quality, supplied through domestic production or imports (including food aid). Food access: Access by individuals to adequate resources (entitlements) for acquiring appropriate foods for a nutritious diet.
Detailed explanation-3: -Food availability: the supply of food within a community affecting food security of individuals, households or an entire population, specifically: location of food outlets; availability of food within stores; and.
Detailed explanation-4: -Food access is defined by USAID as when “[i]ndividuals have adequate incomes or other resources to purchase or barter to obtain levels of appropriate foods needed to maintain consumption of an adequate diet/nutrition level.” Access requires that individuals have enough resources to obtain or produce food.