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Food security is an important component of human welfare; as an indicator of development it tells us a good deal about changes taking place in human life. It can be applied to analyse a wide range of issues pertaining to the food and nutritional situation at the worldwide, national, household and individual levels. Food security is defined as the ability of countries, regions or households to meet their required levels of food consumption at all times (Siamwalla and Valdes, 1981). Even though the wider ranges of food security are important, its ultimate focus is on food security at the household and individual levels, where food security is defined as a situation in which a household has both physical (i.e. supply) and economic (i.e. effective demand) access to adequate food for all its members and it is not at undue risk of losing such access (Shama, 1992).
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Asenso-Okyere, W.K., Benneh, G., Tims, W. (1997). The Status of Food Security in West Africa. In: Asenso-Okyere, W.K., Benneh, G., Tims, W. (eds) Sustainable Food Security in West Africa. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6105-7_1
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