food insecurity

[ food in-si-kyoor-i-tee ]

noun

1. an economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.

Other Words From

• food in·se·cure, food-in·se·cure adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of food insecurity¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

This means infrastructure development elsewhere is crippled while humanitarian organizations have to re-direct longer term development funds to emergency response for food insecurity.

From Quartz

As the new administration continues to tackle rising food insecurity, it’s important to remember that vulnerable children, overall, will benefit from equitable access to school meals, Herbert said.

From Eater

The climate crisis is already playing out not just in extreme weather and degradation of the natural environment but also in food insecurity and the displacement of millions.

From Time

It was able to bring back three editorial staff members, and has offered invaluable reporting through the pandemic, publishing stories on food insecurity in the county and covering otherwise under-reported communities, like local indigenous tribes.

From Time

The stay-at-home paradigm of the pandemic has also turned the focus toward the home garden and ways to mitigate food insecurity.

From Washington Post

Famine will stalk the land and as many as seven million people will confront extreme food insecurity—in short, starvation.

From The Daily Beast

Nationally, one out of five children experience what is now called food insecurity.

From The Daily Beast

The only new war we need at this point is a war on our poverty, a war on our income inequality, and a war on food insecurity.

From The Daily Beast

He makes a convincing argument that global food insecurity is a problem for all nations, regardless of wealth or influence.

From The Daily Beast