What is food insecurity? An explanation

two billion people in the world are food insecure food insecurity is not knowing if you'll have enough food to eat today tomorrow or if you're a farmer when food from your harvest runs out the most extreme form of food insecurity is famine if i'm food secure i always have enough calories and the right kinds of food to lead a healthy and active life floods and drought make farmers vulnerable to losing their source of food or income overnight conflict forces people to flee their homes and reduces the amount of food farmers can grow international trade rules can hurt local farmers and entrepreneurs by putting them out of business and cutting jobs most poor farmers don't own the land they farm and risk losing it when governments don't invest enough in local agriculture countries produce less food and depend more on imported food the poor spend up to 80 of their earnings on food so any rise in food prices means they have to cut back on the number of meals they eat if you grow up without enough food your body is weaker and you'll find it harder to escape poverty your kids are likely to grow up hungry too but the world produces more than enough food to feed everyone the challenge is to make sure everyone can access it

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Length: 1min 38sec (98 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 04 2013