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In 2009, the World Summit on Food Security stated that the "four pillars of food security are availability, access, utilization, and stability." [4] Two additional pillars of food security were recommended in 2020 by the High-Level Panel of Experts for the Committee on World Food Security: agency and sustainability. [6]
As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction is on programs and policies relating to food production and distribution which includes the following: [1] Availability and accessibility of these commodities to the people; Factors affecting food supply in the country; Long-term food security for the nation
The term food security was first used in the 1960-1970s to refer to food supply and consistent access to food in international development work. [13] In 1966 the treaty titled the United Nations International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was created to ensure economic, social and cultural rights including the “inalienable right to adequate nutritious food”. [14]
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Food justice recognizes the food system as "a racial project and problematizes the influence of race and class on the production, distribution and consumption of food". [1] This encompasses farm labor work, land disputes, issues of status and class, environmental justice , public politics, and advocacy.
The World Summit on Food Security took place in Rome, Italy between 16 and 18 November 2009. The decision to convene the summit was taken by the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in June 2009, at the proposal of FAO Director-General Dr Jacques Diouf. Sixty Heads of State and Government and 192 ...
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Food security—meaning consistent availability and affordability of food that promotes well-being and prevents disease—is another important social determinant of health linked to economics. [48] Food insecurity increases in neighborhoods where access to healthy food is limited because of travel distance to supermarkets and lack of ...