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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. economics
  3. agricultural economics
  4. food security
  1. Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
  2. economics
  3. agricultural economics
  4. food security

Preferred term

food security

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Access by all people, at all times to sufficient food for an active and healthy life. Food security includes at a minimum: the ready availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods, and an assured ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • food insecurity
  • food security (access to food)
  • nutritional security

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/5302

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