food security

English

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Noun

food security (uncountable)

1. The measure of the availability of food and individuals' ability to access it.

Usage notes

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

Coordinate terms

• energy security
• water security

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)
• Vietnamese: an ninh lương thực