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Food Security

By: Alison Hope Alkon
In: Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide
Edited by: Dustin Mulvaney & Paul Robbins
Subject:Environmental Technology, Policy & Management, Environmental Policy
Keywords:Agency for International Development; food; food security; food systems; Global South; security; security community

Food security is a contentious issue, and attempts to define it align with particular approaches to what should be done. At the most basic level, food security indicates access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food. The U.S. General Accounting Office indicates ...

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  Alkon, A. (2011). Food security. In D. Mulvaney, & P. Robbins (Eds.), Green food: An A-to-Z guide (pp. 201-205). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971874.n70
  
  Alkon, Alison Hope. "Food Security." In Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide, edited by Mulvaney, Dustin, and Paul Robbins, 201-5. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971874.n70.
  
  Alkon, A. 2011. Food Security. In: Dustin Mulvaney and Paul Robbins Editors, 2011. Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 201-205 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971874.n70> [Accessed 17 May 2021].
  
  Alkon, Alison Hope. "Food Security." Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide. Edited by Dustin Mulvaney and Paul Robbins. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011, pp. 201-5. SAGE Knowledge. 17 May 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971874.n70.
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