Correct Answer - Option 4 : Food security exists when all people, at all time have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food.
Food security means availability, accessibility and affordability of food to all people at all times.
- Poor households are more vulnerable to food insecurity whenever there is a problem with the production or distribution of food crops.
- Food security depends on the Public Distribution System (PDS) and government vigilance and action at times, when this security is threatened.
Food is as essential for living as air is for breathing.
- But food security means something more than getting two square meals.
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Food security has the following dimensions
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availability of food means food production within the country, food imports and the previous years stock stored in government granaries.
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accessibility means food is within reach of every person.
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affordability implies that an individual has enough money to buy sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet one's dietary needs.
- Thus, food security is ensured in a country only if
- enough food is available for all the persons
- all persons have the capacity to buy food of acceptable quality
- there is no barrier to access to food.
From the above, we can conclude that statement 4 is true regarding food security.
