Food Security = Adequate Supply, Accessibility, Affordability Food security has many definitions, but all agree on the need for adequate supply, availability, accessability, and affordability Ibnouf 12 Fatma Osman Ibnouf, prof @ University of Khartoum, "Does It Really Matter Whether Food is Produced and Provided by a Man or a Woman?" in Food Security, Ed. Jones & Hernandez, 2012 [PDI] Food security is a concept that has evolved considerably over time. Despite the different indicators of household food all have agreed on certain basic principles. the need for an adequate security, They all focus on physical availability of food supplies, food accessibility and affordability. Availability, accessibility, and affordability can be viewed as indicators assisting in ensuring sustainability of household and Food—secure households are those most able to meet food individual food supplies throughout the year. requirements and provide nutritionally adequate meals to each individual household member in a setting with adequate health and care practices (FAO, 2000, p. 15-16). Household food access is defined as the ability to acquire sufficient quality and quantity of food to meet all household members' nutritional requirements for productive lives (Bilinsky and achieving household food security requires available and adequate food Swindale, 2005). Thus supplies at all times. The seasonal field food crops, livestock products, forest trees, uncultivated wild food products and income resources represent the available resources for household food consumption in most rural Sudan. Rural women have adopted such diverse roles as food producer and providers as well as 'managers' of household food supplies.
Food Security = Adequate Supply, Accessibility, Affordability Food security has many definitions, but all agree on the need for adequate supply, availability, accessability, and affordability Ibnouf 12 Fatma Osman Ibnouf, prof @ University of Khartoum, "Does It Really Matter Whether Food is Produced and Provided by a Man or a Woman?" in Food Security, Ed. Jones & Hernandez, 2012 [PDI] Food security is a concept that has evolved considerably over time. Despite the different indicators of household food security, all have agreed on certain basic principles. They all focus on the need for an adequate physical availability of food supplies, food accessibility and affordability. Availability, accessibility, and affordability can be viewed as indicators assisting in ensuring sustainability of household and individual food supplies throughout the year. Food—secure households are those most able to meet food requirements and provide nutritionally adequate meals to each individual household member in a setting with adequate health and care practices (FAO, 2000, p. 15-16). Household food access is defined as the ability to acquire sufficient quality and quantity of food to meet all household members' nutritional requirements for productive lives (Bilinsky and Swindale, 2005). Thus achieving household food security requires available and adequate food supplies at all times. The seasonal field food crops, livestock products, forest trees, uncultivated wild food products and income resources represent the available resources for household food consumption in most rural Sudan. Rural women have adopted such diverse roles as food producer and providers as well as 'managers' of household food supplies.