GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND FOOD SECURITY Prepared by: Dr. Ronel J. Federic o
Learning Objectives: At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: differentiate stability from sustainability; exhibit understanding sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); align the existence of sustainable development goals in various real-life situations; and discern on the central concepts of food security and insecurity
There might have been a time in your life wherein in your community, you had able to recognize that a face of one of your neighbors was new to you and this was because that person had moved to your place just recently. With this scenario in mind, you may had asked yourself or thought of the possible reasons for that person’s transfer. If this had happened to you or that you had picture out the scenario itself, this topic will give you the details for such inquiry.
Furthermore, this topic will talk about demographic transition and the theory that supports this transition which will justify the relationship of such on the global population and mobility.
WHAT IS GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY? Global food security is defined as the availability of food and one’s access to it. A household is considered food secure when its occupants do not live in hunger or fear of starvation. Stages of food insecurity range from food-secure situations to full-scale famine.
1.) FOOD AVAILABILITY It is when enough nutritious food of sufficient quality needs to be available to people for their consumptions.
2.) FOOD ACCESS Refers to when individuals and households must be able to acquire sufficient food to be able to eat a healthy, nutritious diet, or have access to sufficient resource needed to grow their own food e.g. land.
3.) FOOD UTILIZATION People must have access to a sufficient quantity and diversity of foods to meet their nutritional needs but must also be able to eat and properly metabolize such food.
4.) FOOD STABILITY Food may be available and accessible to people who are able to utilize it effectively, but to avoid increases in malnutrition and in order for people not to feel insecure, this state of affairs needs to be enduring rather than temporary or subject to fluctuations.
Consequently, if there is the concept of food security, there is the existence of food insecurity too, once the components are not achieved and considered.
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