Definition(s)
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 preferences for an active and healthy life. (Source: 1996 World Food Summit)
Hierarchy
Broader: food
Narrower: food aidfood shortage
In other languages
French
sécurité alimentaire
Russian
продовольственная безопасность
Spanish
seguridad alimentaria
Chinese, Simplified
粮食安全
Arabic
أمن غذائي
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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with food security
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Basel Convention | 1 document |
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Stockholm Convention | 1 document |
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Nagoya Protocol | 2 articles and paragraphs |
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International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture | 5 articles and paragraphs |
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | 1 article or paragraph |
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification | 2 articles and paragraphs |
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Minamata Convention on Mercury | 1 article or paragraph |
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United Nations Environment Assembly | 2 decisions |