ABSTRACT
Modern definitions of food security emphasise that simply producing enough food for everyone is only part of the challenge. The definition that has been most widely accepted since it was proposed at the World Food Summit in 1996 is: ‘when all people at all times have access to sufficient, healthy, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life’, which leads to the identification of the three dimensions of food security: food availability, food access and food use. Food availability requires that sufficient quantities of food are available on a consistent basis, food access is delivered when individuals have sufficient resources to obtain appropriate foods for a nutritious diet and food use recognises that ensuring that the energy and nutrient intakes are adequate depends in part on factors such as feeding and cooking practices as well as the way in which food is allocated between individuals in a household.
