What is ‘food security’?

Food security is achieved when all people, at all

times, have physical, social and economic access to

sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their

dietary needs and food preferences for an active

and healthy life.

FAO World Food Summit 1996

FAO Food Security – The Four Pillars Model

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Food Security

Food supply is an aspect of the avaliabity of food security.

The Nutrition Spectrum

Socio-economic

FACTOR CASE STUDY

Population

Level of development

Urbanisation

Pathways / infrastructure

Over cultivation

Environment

FACTOR CASE STUDY

Natural Disasters

Climate change

Climate

Political

FACTOR CASE STUDY

Civil War

Trade Bloc

Political Systems / Stability

A note on cases studies

• We don’t have time to go over each one in class • You do have time at home to complete the case study

sheets OR make mind maps OR make cue cards. • Essentially they need to fit into the correct category to

illustrate the factor(s) which causes food supply issues. • Remember in the exam to structure by factor and not

by world mystery tour. I.e. Start by saying ‘Government policies can have a huge impact on the food supply chain. Governments can easily hold back supplies for an emergency, epically in countries with a large population. For example in India ….

How to structure

• Ideally how many case studies to use?

• What variables are there here?

1. Location ……………………………………………………………….

2. Scale …………………………………………………………………….

3. Food surplus and famine ………………………………………

Three suggested structures

• Bear in mind you may well choose which one depending on the exam question.

Suggestion 1 – Nutrition Spectrum

Suggestion 1 – Nutrition Spectrum

Suggestion 2 – Table (arguing the points for and against)

Urban Rural

Obesity

Famine

Urban Rural

Secure (M’croft)

Insecure (M’croft)

Urban Rural

Small scale (few people)

Large scale (100’s thousands)

Suggestion 3: Triangle graph

What 3 variables do we have in total?

1. Location ……………………………………………………………….

2. Scale …………………………………………………………………….

3. Food surplus and famine ………………………………………