Chronic food insecurity refers to less affordable food and growing urban poverty, while emergency food insecurity relates to breakdowns in the chain of food distribution.

13.1 Consistent with the World Food Summit commitment, States should establish Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems (FIVIMS), in order to identify groups and households particularly vulnerable to food insecurity along with the reasons for their food insecurity.

Desertification contributed to poverty, hunger, disease and food insecurity.

The State of Food Insecurity in the World. FAO, Rome.

Food insecurity also has affected women's and children's health adversely.

The World Food Programme (WFP) works directly with African Governments to tackle food insecurity by providing food aid and technical assistance to address the major symptoms and causes of food insecurity faced by Governments throughout sub Saharan Africa.

This not only impaired long term growth, but also increased food insecurity.

In Eritrea, widespread food insecurity continues to be the main humanitarian challenge.

ESCWA reported that food insecurity had adversely affected women's health (Ibid., para.

A blogger based in Djibouti writes about food insecurity in the country Food instability is about to hit Djibouti.

Those restrictions have also generated food insecurity and a decline in nutritional levels.

The Davos World Economic Forum ranks food insecurity as a major risk to humanity.

Heightened urban food insecurity, due to inflation and commodity shortages, has also been reported.

Economic collapse and food insecurity are now chronic conditions in Zimbabwe, as we heard.

The cards provide financial assistance, on a monthly basis, to families facing food insecurity.

Measuring the degree of vulnerability to food insecurity is the first step in poverty assessment.

This post was commissioned as part of a Pulitzer Center Global Voices Online series on Food Insecurity.

A number of countries in Africa periodically experienced food insecurity as a result of adverse climatic conditions.

There is a general increase in food insecurity and a severe shortage of drinking water, as well as a decline in food consumption and nutritional levels.

The World Food Programme (WFP) has recently completed and published a food security and vulnerability analysis study for Timor Leste, which highlights key aspects of food insecurity and vulnerable areas in the country.

This approach will link with initiatives by the World Food Programme (WFP) to support school meal programmes, especially in areas with high levels of family food insecurity.

Allotment gardens came up in Germany in the early 19th century as a response to poverty and food insecurity.

Victims of hunger must be allowed to access remedies when their authorities fail to take effective measures against food insecurity.

These reports draw on multimedia reporting featured on the Pulitzer Gateway to Food Insecurity and bloggers discussing the issues worldwide.

WFP presented its work on the use of space based technologies to support humanitarian response to food insecurity in Africa.

Despite a reported bumper harvest in 2004, large areas of the country remain severely affected by drought and food insecurity.

2.2 States should assess, in consultation with key stakeholders, the economic and social situation, including the degree of food insecurity and its causes, the nutrition situation and food safety.

Cyber Insecurity

II. INSECURITY

LEIPZIG Humanity currently faces numerous global challenges, including climate change, resource depletion, financial crisis, deficient education, widespread poverty, and food insecurity.

In addition, food insecurity remains of paramount concern, and malnutrition rates exceed the emergency threshold in many parts of the country.

Food insecurity and economic meltdown are the result of bad policies, non transparency and the breakdown of the rule of law.

Food insecurity is brought about by the population's inability to access their farmlands because of fear of attacks from the militia.

Human trafficking is an important issue that has its roots in poverty, insecurity of food and livelihoods development inequalities and migration.

Development concerns such as conflict, food insecurity and poverty were recognized as offering fertile ground for the spread of HIV AIDS.

Mr. Abreha (Ethiopia) introduced the draft resolution, which stressed the need to address the root causes of food insecurity in Ethiopia.

Half of the governorates of the West Bank and Gaza has remained at the same levels of food insecurity, a quarter has become more food insecure while a quarter has improved.

FAO contributed to the establishment of a food insecurity and vulnerability information monitoring system, hosted by the Palestinian central bureau of statistics.

Gedo is beset with the highest malnutrition rates in Somalia (up to 23 per cent), based in part on chronic food insecurity.

In the areas suffering from drought and food insecurity, the pandemic increased the vulnerability of families and threatened the overall production capacity.

As a result, over 245 million rural mountain people in developing and transition countries risked, or actually experienced, hunger and food insecurity.

These strategies identify actions needed by both the national and subregional levels to resolve problems of food insecurity at the household level.

Living with Insecurity

The prevailing drought, the persistent food insecurity and the problems relating to rehabilitation and reconstruction posed a major challenge for the new government.

The impact was greater in the eastern provinces, which continued to suffer the worst food insecurity, particularly in view of the 2004 drought.