Media and its role in food security and climate action

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Whenever major agricultural organisations address food security, media, in my experience is not always considered as a tool to help the organisation achieve its agenda. It is often a secondary element in the wheel that is action for achieving food security from what I have experienced in the past three years. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) confirms that food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active healthy life. FAO’s definition may be a mouthful but it perfectly captures what is needed to sustain human life. However, we have seen rising cases of health deviations from obesity to malnutrition. Does this mean people are not aware of food security? We are at an age where people do not know what a healthy diet consists of. To prove this assumption true, next time when you are out shopping, despite the crazy food prices, peep into your shopping basket and other shoppers (don’t judge them), try to group items shopped into all the needed food groups then verify this statement assuming that the shopper has nothing at home, which is rare.

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