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PREFERRED TERM

Created: 1981-01-26T00:00:00Z

skos:notation: 10967

food security  

DEFINITION

  • A situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. Based on this definition, four food security dimensions can be identified: food availability, economic and physical access to food, food utilization and stability over time.

    Created: 7/8/22

    Last modified: 2/22/23

    (en)

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RELATED CONCEPTS

SCOPE NOTE

  • Physical and economic access, by all people at all times, to the basic food they need (en)

HISTORY NOTE

  • Before 2021, "food insecurity" was alternative label of "food security" <c_10967>. (en)

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http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_10967

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