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Food security

Meaning in agriculture, with examples

nounCommon term

In agriculture, food security means: A situation in which all people at all times can obtain enough safe, nutritious and affordable food for an active and healthy life.

In Turkish: gıda güvencesi, gıda arz güvenliği

How it is used

A key term in FAO reports, national strategies and development projects. Governments aim to ensure or improve food security; the opposite is food insecurity. Experts discuss its four dimensions: availability, access, utilization and stability.

Example sentences

  1. Rising grain prices are a threat to food security in import-dependent countries.

  2. The project aims to improve food security for smallholder families.

Common collocations

  • ensure food security
  • global food security
  • national food security
  • food insecurity
  • commodityA basic product such as wheat, maize, soybeans, sugar or cotton that is bought and sold in large amounts and where one producer's goods are much like another's.
  • smallholderA farmer who works a small area of land, often a few hectares or less, mainly with family labor and limited capital.
  • post-harvest lossThe amount or value of a crop that is lost between harvest and sale or consumption, because of damage, decay, pests, poor handling or bad storage.
  • droughtA long period with much less rain than normal, which leaves soil dry and causes water shortages and crop losses.
  • cerealA grass grown for its edible grain, such as wheat, barley, maize, rice, oats or rye; also the grain itself.

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