Deck 10: Exploring the Multi-Dimensional Aspects of Food Security

Question 1

Naylor (2014) offers this basic definition: "Food Securitymeans having adequate supplies of affordable food throughout the year to ensure a healthy and productive life."

Answer 1

True
Explanation:Naylor (2014) offers this basic definition: "Food Securitymeans having adequate supplies of affordable food throughout the year to ensure a healthy and productive life."

Question 2

A food desert is an area in the United States with limited access to affordable and nutritious food, particularly such an area composed of predominantly lower income neighborhoods and communities.

Answer 2

True
Explanation:A food desert is an area in the United States with limited access to affordable and nutritious food, particularly such an area composed of predominantly lower income neighborhoods and communities.

Question 3

The _____________ is an economic modeling technique used to make 10-year projections about future trends in food security conditions worldwide.

A) Core Food Security Module (CFSM)
B) Food Security Continuum
C) L'Aquila Joint Statement on Food Security
D) the AGree intiative
E) International Food Security Assessment (IFSA)

Answer 3

E
Explanation:The International Food Security Assessment (IFSA) is an economic modeling technique used to make 10-year projections about future trends in food security conditions worldwide.

Question 4

The International Food Security Assessment (IFSA) is an initiative that offers financial support and coordinates the efforts of eleven different US federal agencies to engage in a multi-national program that aims to increase household food security worldwide

Question 5

USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) cooperates with the Economic Research Service (ERS) to jointly publish an annual report known as The State of Food Insecurity in the World (SFIW)

Question 6

A _____________ is a cooperative system for aggregating locally-produced foods. These systems emerged as a way to distribute foods to wholesale, retail, institutional and individual buyers.

A) Core Food Security Module (CFSM)
B) International Food Security Assessment (IFSA)
C) Food Security Continuum
D) Food Hub
E) G8 Alliance

Question 7

The 2014 Farm Bill creates statutory authority that supports the Feed the Future Program. The Farm Bill approved nearly $7 billion in additional funding. Under this legislation, Feed the Future is a more sustainable food security policy.

Question 8

Headey and Ecker (2013) and Naylor (2014) recommend four dimensions to assess food secure or food insecure conditions:

A) rural, urban, regional and global
B) township, county, state and federal
C) availability, access, utilization and stability
D) High Food Security, Marginal Food Security, Low Food Security, and Very Low Food Security.
E) mini, micro, intermediate, and macro

Question 9

The five guidelines agreed-to by multiple nations at a 2009 World Food Summit are known as __________.

A) the Feed the Future initiative
B) Core Food Security Module (CFSM)
C) USDA's Food Security Continuum
D) International Food Security Assessment (IFSA)
E) the Rome Principles

Question 10

The United Nation's Millennium Development Goal #1 is

A) achieve universal primary education
B) promote gender equality
C) ensure environmental sustainability
D) eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
E) reduce child mortality

Question 11

The four ranges of USDA's Food Security Continuum are: Availability, Access, Utilization and Stability.

Question 12

The _________________ is a private sector initiative that receives input from 44 different agri-businesses, farmers, non-profit organizations, volunteer groups, university professors and charitable foundations. The stated goal is to spark beneficial change in the food and agriculture system

A) the Feed the Future initiative
B) G8 Alliance
C) AGree
D) Core Food Security Module (CFSM)
E) Food Security Continuum