Category: Food Security
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Solutions to Food Insecurity in Africa
Below as stated are few solutions proposed to end food insecurity in Africa Sustainable Agriculture High amounts of inputs (i.e., fertilizers, pesticides, intensive irrigation) are required to boost the agricultuaral sector of the economy. If industrial agricultural inputs and infrastructure are expensive, farmers should rely on fossil fuels, and degrade the environment in numerous ways,…
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Consequences of Food Insecurity
Food insecurity causes physical, social, and psychological problems in both children and adults. In the Nigeria, chronic food insecurity has been documented to lead to, paradoxically, obesity, especially in ladies. One theory as to why food insecurity leads to obesity is that episodic periods of food insecurity cause the sufferer to overeat in an attempt…
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Why lack of food access & food insecurity
There are many complex reasons an individual becomes food insecure. Poverty is unmistakably the driving factor in the lack of resources to purchase or otherwise procure food, but the root causes of poverty are multifaceted. Poverty, combined with other socioeconomic and political problems, creates the bulk of food insecurity around the globe. Some of the…
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What is Food Security
Food security implies the provision of safe, nutritious, and quantitatively and qualitatively adequate food, as well as access to it by all people. 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…