The 4 Pillars of Food Security
The article defines the availability of food, accessibility to food, affordability of food and the utilisation of food as the four pillars of food security.
The article defines the availability of food, accessibility to food, affordability of food and the utilisation of food as the four pillars of food security.
Vulnerability assessment is very important in profiling households. It allows us to separate households between those that are secure and those that are food insecure.
Addressing food insecurity requires the designing and implementation of interventions which are appropriate to particular causes of food insecurity.
HIV/AIDS is both a cause and a result of food insecurity. Female members of food insecure households in the quest to earn incomes tend to engage in risk behaviour which makes them susceptible to HIV infections.
food security is defined as a condition whereby all people have access to food of the right quantity and quality at all times to enable them live an active healthy life.