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Geography Optional 300+ Score Pack · Model answer

Give an account of food security issues in developing countries.

  • UPSC 2014
  • Economic Geography

Food security exists when all people at all times have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food — resting on four pillars: availability, access, utilisation and stability (FAO, 1996).

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  • Access: Poverty, Landlessness and Price Volatility
  • Availability: Fragmenting Holdings, Rain-fed Risk and Post-harvest Loss
  • Stability: Climate Shocks, Conflict and Trade Disruption
  • Utilisation: Hidden Hunger and the Double Burden

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