Impacts of climate change on food accessibility

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2014-07-11
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Sage, Colin
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Springer Science+Business Media
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10.1007/978-94-007-5784-4_120
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Food insecurity refers to a situation that exists when people lack secure access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food for normal growth and development and an active and healthy life. It may be caused by the unavailability of food, insufficient purchasing power, inappropriate distribution, or inadequate use of food at the household level. Food insecurity, poor conditions of health and sanitation, and inappropriate care and feeding practices are the major causes of poor nutritional status.
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Access , Entitlements , Vulnerability , Resilience
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Sage, C. (2014) 'Impacts of climate change on food accessibility', in Freedman, B. (ed.) Handbook of Global Environmental Change. Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media, pp. 709-715. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-5784-4_120
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http://hdl.handle.net/10468/8000
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