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Food security is defined in this entry as “having physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food at all times, by all people in order to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life” (FAO 1996: 2).
Introduction
In 2010, it was estimated that over one billion people in the world lacked adequate amounts of nutritious food with enough macronutrients (protein, fat, and caloric content) and essential micronutrients, minerals, and vitamins (iron, vitamin A, and iodine) (Havas and Salman 2011). Close to a decade later, efforts to reduce this acute food security problem seem to have achieved very limited success. Current data indicates that the absolute number of people affected by undernourishment or chronic food deprivation in the world in 2017 was nearly 821 million. The situation is worsening in South America, and in most African...
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Gumisiriza, P. (2019). Food Security. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3792-1
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