Food Security Five As Five As of food security Chappell and LaValle 09, (Michael Jahi Chappell, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University, Liliana A. LaValle, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, University of Michigan, security and biodiversity: can we have both? An agroecological “Food June 2009, analysis,” SpringerLink, 22 http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1007/s10460-009-9251-4) [PDI] sufficient production in no way guarantees actual food security by We alluded a number of times to the fact that itself the best framework to use in a more complete analysis of food (see Note 8). From this standpoint, we think security is Availability refers to the sufficiency of a food “Five A’s” • that of (Rocha 2003, 2007)27:¶ Rocha’s supply to meet needs; Accessibility refers to economic and physical ability to people’s • people’s acquire food;¶ Acceptability addresses the cultural and nutritional suitability of the available • food;¶ Appropriateness evaluates the ecological sustainability and the safety of a food supply; • • Agency is the to knowledge, and knowledge of access to accurate¶ information on “right rights” – food supply, quality, and safety in order to make informed market choices, rights to such information and to the other aspects of food security, and a competent sociopolitical system to guarantee these rights.
Food Security Five As Five As of food security Chappell and LaValle 09, (Michael Jahi Chappell, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University, Liliana A. LaValle, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, University of Michigan, “Food security and biodiversity: can we have both? An agroecological analysis,” SpringerLink, 22 June 2009, http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1007/s10460-009-9251-4) [PDI] We alluded a number of times to the fact that sufficient production in no way guarantees actual food security by itself (see Note 8). From this standpoint, we think the best framework to use in a more complete analysis of food security is that of Rocha’s “Five A’s” (Rocha 2003, 2007)27:¶ • Availability refers to the sufficiency of a food supply to meet people’s needs; • Accessibility refers to people’s economic and physical ability to acquire food;¶ • Acceptability addresses the cultural and nutritional suitability of the available food;¶ • Appropriateness evaluates the ecological sustainability and the safety of a food supply; • Agency is the “right to knowledge, and knowledge of rights” – access to accurate¶ information on food supply, quality, and safety in order to make informed market choices, rights to such information and to the other aspects of food security, and a competent sociopolitical system to guarantee these rights.