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MODULE 1 GenderandFoodSecurity
INTRODUCTIONFood Security, at the individual, household, national, regional,and global levels [is achieved] when all people, at all times, havephysical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, andnutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food prefer-ences for a healthy and active (2001)Today the world has enough food to feed everyone,yet an estimated 854 million people worldwideare still undernourished (FAO 2006) (fig. ).1 Poverty not food availability is the major driver of foodinsecurity. Improvements in agricultural productivity arenecessary to increase rural household incomes and access toavailable food but are insufficient to ensure food indicates that poverty reduction and food securitydo not necessarily move in tandem. The main problem islack of economic (social and physical) access to food atnational and household levels and inadequate nutrition (orhidden hunger).
reproductive activities, severely constrains the amount of time available to women (see Modules 9 and 7,particularly TechnicalNote4inthelatter).Aswomen’stimeconstraints
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