food security

[ food si-kyoor-i-tee ]

noun

1. an economic and social condition of ready access by all members of a household to nutritionally adequate and safe food:

   a household with high food security.

Other Words From

• food se·cure, food-se·cure adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of food security¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

To ensure the goals of food security and equitable access to adequate nutrition for these countries, the authors call for support from wealthier countries via access to imports of efficiently produced foods, economic development where it can improve dietary health and reduce environmental pressures of food production, and through innovation and knowledge sharing of efficient and environmental food production practices.

From Science Daily

On Saturday, Israel rejected warnings of famine in northern Gaza from global food security experts, saying the group relied on "partial, biased data and superficial sources with vested interests".

From BBC

“Cheese and wine are two of the most common products being transported illegally into Russia,” says Professor Chris Elliott, founder of the Global Institute for Food Security and a senior scientific advisor to the UN, “and there are sophisticated routes across Europe’s borders through Belarus and Georgia”.

From BBC

Its president, Victoria Vyvyan said: "We estimate that capping agricultural property relief at £1m could harm 70,000 UK farms, damaging family businesses and destabilising food security."

From BBC

“It’s too complex now. Now it’s in urban wastewater, it’s in wild mammals. It’s in dairy cows. It’s in song birds. It’s in waterfowl and shore birds. It’s in marine mammals ... We’ve never had anything like this before at a species level, at a geographical level, and at a food security level. Wow.”

From Los Angeles Times