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Answer the following in a sentence each.

What is food security?



Food security is the mechanism of providing food to all the people in the country at all periods of time at affordable prices. It is providing a proper and nutritious three-square meal for the people at reasonable prices. It includes the following components:


• Providing adequate food items to all the people.


• Enabling the poor to purchase by giving them the required purchasing power.


• Removing all other barriers that restrict their access to acquire food.


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