food security

English

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Noun

food security (uncountable)

1. The measure of the availability of food and the ability of a person's access to it.

   Antonym: food insecurity

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with food safety, the scientific discipline and method of preventing food-borne disease.

Coordinate terms

• energy security
• water security

Related terms

• food-secure

Translations

measure of the availability of food

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 糧食安全 / 粮食安全 (loeng⁴ sik⁶ on¹ cyun⁴)

  Mandarin: 糧食安全 / 粮食安全 (liángshíānquán)

• German: Ernährungssicherung f, Ernährungssicherheit (de) f, Nahrungssicherung f, Nahrungssicherheit f
• Greek: επισιτιστική ασφάλεια f (episitistikí asfáleia)
• Hindi: खाद्य सुरक्षा f (khādya surakṣā)
• Vietnamese: an ninh lương thực