Food security definition

Monday, September 15, 2014

What is the scenario if we ran out of food? Food insecurity

"Food for every ones table and every homes"



From Rappler Food insecurity in the Philippines - 36% of the adult Filipinos are food insecure

What is food security?

The 1996 World Food Summit defined food security as the state “when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.”  (from Rappler

What is the state of food security in the Philippines?


"More than a quarter of Filipino adults (36%) claimed to be food insecure, while 23% of Filipino children said the same in the latest National Nutrition Survey (NNS) conducted in 2011."




State of food security in the world



Remember the movie Soylent Green which stars Charlon Heston?  The people ate soylent green in the absence of food.  And what was soylent green?  It was recycled dead persons?

And what about the Train? What was their food?.  Dead insects.  The water is easy because it came from melted snow.

Just what is going to happen when we run out of food?  There will be riots and other civil disturbance.

Shall we allow this to happen? Food security is every ones concern, not just the governments or that of UN.  Let us plant vegetables and other plants in our home and yard.

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