Centre for Studies in Food Security
Food Security Defined
The Centre works with the following five components of Food Security, known as the Five A's:
Availability- sufficient food for all people at all times
Accessibility- physical and economic access to food for all at all times
Adequacy- access to food that is nutritious and safe, and produced in environmentally sustainable ways
Acceptability- access to culturally acceptable food, which is produced and obtained in ways that do not compromise people's dignity, self-respect or human rights
Agency- the policies and processes that enable the achievement of food security
For more definitions and resources on Food Security, click here.
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