tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159639050527895987.post8800619090568298243..comments2023-05-01T02:18:54.271-07:00Comments on Thomas Wanhoff in Laos: ASEP: Food security and issuethomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07310696530428312091noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159639050527895987.post-38547904419955081862012-10-08T20:16:45.524-07:002012-10-08T20:16:45.524-07:00You are right, I mistaken it. But it is kind of re...You are right, I mistaken it. But it is kind of related, because having enough food doesn't always mean having enough good food. The issue in Laos is not so much hunger but malnutrition. And this is sometimes related to food safety as well. But thanks for correcting me.<br />thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07310696530428312091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159639050527895987.post-88169957016397850562012-10-03T21:38:30.038-07:002012-10-03T21:38:30.038-07:00I think you're mistaken on the definition of f...I think you're mistaken on the definition of food security. What you are referring to is food safety. Food security actually deals with the prevention of hunger and malnutrition, arguably a much bigger problem in Laos than food safety at the moment.<br /><br />The WHO definition of food security from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_security:<br />The World Health Organization defines food security as having three facets: food availability, food access, and food use. Food availability is having available sufficient quantities of food on a consistent basis. Food access is having sufficient resources, both economic and physical, to obtain appropriate foods for a nutritious diet. Food use is the appropriate use based on knowledge of basic nutrition and care, as well as adequate water and sanitation. The FAO adds a fourth facet: the stability of the first three dimensions of food security over time.[1]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com