INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -“Food security, at the individual, household, national, regional and global levels [is achieved] when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”.

Detailed explanation-2: -Based on the 1996 World Food Summit, food security is defined when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.

Detailed explanation-3: -“Ensuring that all people at all times have both physical and economic access to the basic food that they need” (FAO, 1983). The definition was revised to include the individual and household level, in addition to the regional and national level of aggregation, in food security analysis.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Our goal is to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives.

Detailed explanation-5: -The four pillars of food security are availability, access, utilization and stability.