Food Security and Sustainability

Running Head: FOOD SECURITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
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FOOD SECURITY AND SUSTAINABILITY

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Table of Contents
Summary of the published article..............................................................................................3
How is the analysis of the article relevant for comparison with Task 1 part A?.......................4
Comparison between the two articles........................................................................................4
Strengths and weakness of Article 1......................................................................................4
Strengths and weakness of Article 2......................................................................................5
How both the articles helped in expanding my knowledge?......................................................6

FOOD SECURITY AND SUSTAINABILITY 3
Summary of the published article
The article talks about the idea of “food security and sustainability”, and suggests the ways of
how it can be achieved. As per the article, food security is a state whereby, all the people at
all the times have complete access to sufficient and primarily nutritious food. There are 4
major factors that influence the food security which have been determined below’.
 Availability
 Accessibility
 Utilization and
 Stability
Food availability is directly linked with food production, that is, in turn, dependent on the
agriculture system. However, food security is not dependent on agriculture alone, but also on
various environmental factors like institutions, technologies, consumer preferences, changing
lifestyles, climate & cultures, and especially the practices that govern the processing and
distribution of food1.
This is so because there is a strong co-relation between “food” security and “nutrition”
security. Here, it is important to know the difference between the two terms. Food is anything
we want to eat, whereas nutrition is something that we need. Simply speaking, food is the
“want” of an individual, whereas nutrition is the “need” of the individual. Therefore, the
solution lies in meeting the “nutritional needs” of the people. For this to achieve, changes in
both, food production and food consumption, have to be brought in. Between production and
consumption, there lie several other activities such as, processing of food, food packaging,
and food distribution/retailing2.
1 "Food Security And Sustainability", Edx (Webpage, 2019) https://www.edx.org/xseries/food-security-
sustainability
2 Sanjay raina, "Editorial Note: Soil Health – A Boon To Sustainability And Food Security" (2018)
1(2) Pesticides and Bio Fertilizers.