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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 water, energy and food security nexus according to the Food And Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), means that water security, energy security and food security are very much linked to one another, meaning that the actions in any one particular area often can have effects in one or both of the other areas. [1]
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The Philippines' National Food Authority (Filipino: Pambansang Pangasiwaan ng Pagkain, abbreviated as NFA), is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring the food security of the Philippines and the stability of supply and price of rice, the Philippines' staple grain.
The President of the Philippines chairs NAPC and is assisted by the vice-chairperson for the Government Sector (with 25 national government agencies and presidents of the 4 leagues of local governments as members) and another vice-chairperson for the Basic Sectors (with representatives from the 14 basic sectors as members). NAPC is supported by ...
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 ...
According to Anelyse M. Weiler, Professor of Sociology at University of Victoria, “Food security is commonly defined as existing ‘when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life’” Food ...