food security

American  

[food si-kyoor-i-tee] / ˈfud sɪˈkjʊər ɪ ti /

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.

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Other Word Forms

• food secure food-secure
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of food security

First recorded in 1970–75

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Example Sentences

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food security

Economist Milward Tobias warned that the lack of supply threatened food security by disrupting the delivery of fertiliser and other essentials to farmers in the largely agricultural economy.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Scientists have uncovered a promising new way to protect some of the world's most important food crops from a destructive fungus that threatens global food security.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Now, a global food security crisis is brewing, warns the secretary-general of the International Chamber of Commerce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

"Pressure is needed to restore global food security," he added.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Health care, education, and food security are sometimes nonexistent in the central plateau.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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