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Whats the difference between these two, is food security secure access to any food, while nutritional security is access to the food necessary to meet all nutritional needs?
29 0 ReplyThat seems to be the joke but the phrase as defined by the 1996 World Food Summit accounts for nutrition.
https://www.fao.org/3/al936e/al936e00.pdf
https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/agriculture/brief/food-security-update/what-is-food-security
20 0 ReplyYep, which is why the US still has 11.2% annual food insecurity despite having the greatest food accessibility in the world.
These are victims of capitalism.
16 1 ReplyDon't worry, in 2015, FAO also stated we had 60 years of agriculture left, due to soil degradation.
By that math we are on year 52
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10 0 ReplyDid they mean "agriculture at a global industrial scale" or "generally all agriculture"?
Is this why all the soil memes?
4 0 ReplyAnd yes, that's part of it.
The other part of it is that I'm a soil scientist. Well was. Now I do something a bit diffent, and sit behind a desk (which is good)
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Exactly
Just giving people bread, wont provide all needed nutrients.
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