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Monday, September 14, 2015
FOOD SECURITY.
Food security refers to the availability of nutritious food to citizen of a country or community.The rate of population explosion has threatened food security in most African countries, with the rate of increase in population not commensurate to food availability. Climatic changes and global warming are also factors threatening food security.
Food security is one of the millennium development goals adopted by various countries to eradicate poverty.The food security is discussed on 4 points;
1) Availability...there must be a constant source/supply of food.
2) Accessibility...people must have resources to purchase the food.The people must have a source of livelihood,or a means of exchange to purchase the food.
3)Utilization..there must be the knowledge of basic food handling, preparations and food combination to ensure that food is nutritious.
4)Stability..the ability to access and utilize the food that results in stable and a sustainable life style.
The process to ensure food security is multidimensional with women playing major roles in the production,processing and marketing of products. The challenges of food security differs among countries
with each zone tackling issues from diseases,processing,prolonged drought,poor seedlings, and land issues.
Food security is tackled now by incorporating new agricultural methods to produce,preserve and distribute these crops.Education of farmers is the major key to ensure food security, the introduction of new strains that are resistant to diseases, that mature faster and produce higher harvest.
The road to food security is mashed in biotechnology, both in animal husbandry and crop production.When newer strains are produced,more harvest is expected over a short period of time.
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