Food security Food security, as a concept, emerged and became popular in the mid-1970s, during series of international meetings summoned to discuss global food crisis (FAO, 2003). The initial discussions focused on tackling food supply problems like ensuring food availability and stabilizing the price of basic food items worldwide. Food security exists when “all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food
in one of the most relevant problems of our modern society: food insecurity. Natural hazards, famines or shortages, but also is bad management from some governments that destroys their food availability and their consequences, countries without food security creating ravenous hunger within their population and strategies to counter food insecurity are key topics that are going to be taken out in this report. 1. Introduction Food insecurity is the situation that affects every person that doesn’t have
Malnutrition is the problem due to lack of food and excess intake of food i.e. under nutrition and over nutrition. Under nutrition is defined as inadequate intake of protein, energy, and micronutrients such as vitamins etc. Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life(1). Household food security is the application of this concept
This results in injury, death, psychological harm, impaired development or deprivation. The insecurity has then a great impact on people’s lives and well-being in Bogotá; this is the reality of everyday life for many millions of people. According to Colombia reports, the 47% of population said they were under the impression that public security has deteriorated. There is a close relation between insecurity and health in Bogotá, responsibility for what happens at this nexus falls to multiple actors
2. Review of Literature 2.1 Integrated watershed management Watershed management is the process of organizing and guiding land, water, and other natural resources used in a watershed to provide the appropriate goods and services while mitigating the impact on the soil and watershed resources. It involves socio-economic, human-institutional, and biophysical inter-relationships among soil, water, and land use and the connection between upland and downstream areas (Ffolliott et al., 2002). In essence