Vol. 5, Issue 6, Part C (2019)

Abstract
Food security is of supreme importance in improving the nutritional status of many millions of people who suffer from persistent hunger and undernutrition and many others who are at the risk of facing the same situation. There is a need to clarify the issues involved in achieving food security and to help formulate appropriate policies and measures to strengthen it. This paper focuses on the conditions necessary for ensuring access to adequate and safe food by the household and in general leaves the other issues related to nutrition for consideration under other ICN theme papers. However, while considering each of these themes, the linkages between them should be kept in mind.