Food availability and security

RESUMO

Notes that in discussing the question of food availability and security, the underlying issue is the attainment of levels of food consumption that will ensure adequate nutrition even for the lowest populkation deciles, with regard to income distribution. Cites Mellor who observed that in the 1980s food insecurity was considered to be the inability of poor countries, families or individuals to purchase sufficient quantities of food from existing supplies. At issue is the influence of food prices on the purchasing power of most low income persons together with the major role of agricultural production as a source of employment for the poor