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GCSE Geography · key term
A lack of reliable access to enough safe and nutritious food for a healthy, active life.
Used by AQA and OCR
Specification 3.2.3.2 · Paper 2
Revise: Global Patterns and Impacts of Food InsecurityFood insecurity means that this access is uncertain or inadequate. A household may be food insecure even when nearby shops have food, because its income is too low to buy enough.
Specification 8.2a · Paper 2, Paper 3
A situation in which people cannot reliably obtain enough safe, nutritious food for a healthy and active life.
Revise: Food Security DefinitionsFood security means that all people, at all times, can obtain enough safe, nutritious food for a healthy and active life. Its opposite is food insecurity.
Remember that soil erosion is an impact of food insecurity as well as a cause of future shortages.
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