food security

[food si-kyoor-i-tee]

noun

1. an economic and social condition of ready access by all members of a household to nutritionally adequate and safe food.

   a household with high food security.

Other Word Forms

• food secure, food-secure adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of food security¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

The WFP, which leads the group of organisations handling food security, has begun discussions with COGAT, the Israeli defence ministry agency for civilian affairs in the territories.

Read more on Barron's

Nearly 5.7 million people in violence-wracked Haiti are suffering from malnutrition, and that number could climb to six million in the coming months, according to a report released Friday by a UN-backed food security initiative.

Read more on Barron's

Among other priorities, she favors government spending in pursuit of buttressing Japan’s manufacturing economy and food security, and investing in nuclear energy, artificial intelligence and other high-tech sectors.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

“The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to discontinue its annual survey tracking food security data is deeply troubling,” Mitchell said in his Sunday statement.

Read more on Salon

With famine having already been declared in Gaza City by a UN-backed food security body, the UN has warmed an intensification of the offensive will push civilians into "even deeper catastrophe".

Read more on BBC