world food security

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• Committee on World Food Security — The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) was established in 1974 as an intergovernmental body to serve as a forum in the United Nations System for review and follow up of policies concerning world food security including production and physical …   Wikipedia

• High-Level Conference on World Food Security (2008) — The High Level Conference on World Food Security was a conference held in June 2008, under the auspices of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Its formal name was High Level Conference on World Food Security: the… …   Wikipedia

• Food security — refers to the availability of food and one s access to it. A household is considered food secure when its occupants do not live in hunger or fear of starvation. World wide around 852 million people are chronically hungry due to extreme poverty,… …   Wikipedia

• World Food Day — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945.The World Food Day theme for 2008 is World Food Security: the Challenges of… …   Wikipedia

• food security — UK US noun [U] ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ► a situation in which enough food is produced and available for everyone in a group, country, etc. to have enough to eat: »World cereal stocks will dwindle to only 320m tonnes, slightly… …   Financial and business terms

• World Food Programme — The World Food Programme (WFP) is the food aid branch of the United Nations, and the world s largest humanitarian agency. WFP provides food, on average, to 90 million people per year, 58 million of whom are children. [cite news| title = UN… …   Wikipedia

• World Food Prize — The World Food Prize is an international award recognizing the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world.The PrizeThe prize was created in 1986 by Nobel …   Wikipedia

• 2007–2008 world food price crisis — The years 2007–2008 saw dramatic rises in world food prices, creating a global crisis and causing political and economical instability and social unrest in both poor and developed nations. Systemic causes for the world wide increases in food… …   Wikipedia

• Food vs fuel — is the dilemma regarding the risk of diverting farmland or crops for biofuels production in detriment of the food supply on a global scale. The food vs. fuel or food or fuel debate is internationally controversial, with good and valid arguments… …   Wikipedia

• Food and Agriculture Organization — FAO redirects here. For other uses, see FAO (disambiguation). Food and Agriculture Organization o …   Wikipedia

• Food and Agriculture Organization — the agency of the United Nations that institutes and administers programs, esp. in underdeveloped countries, for improving farming methods and increasing food production. Abbr.: FAO * * * ▪ United Nations organization       oldest permanent… …   Universalium