FIVE PILLARS OF FOOD SECURITY

AVAILABILTY ACCEPTIBILITY
ACCESSIBILITY ADEQUACY AGENCY
This dimension This is about access to
refers to the Accessibility is whether This dimension culturally acceptable foods The agency refers to
food is available in which are produced and the policies and
sufficient foo for addresses the access
obtained in ways that do process that enable
all people at all adequate quantity and to food that is not compromise peoples’ food security to be
times. How and quality for people to be nutritious in state and dignity, self-respect or achieved. Although
whether food is able to buy. safe as well and human rights. industrialization,
produced in It addresses the physical produced in housing and urban
adequate amounts environmentally development tend to
and economic access to
compete for land with
for national food at all times. sustainable ways.
agriculture in many
consumption, Despite the
Caribbean countries
including trade and importance of governments in the
the costs of agriculture to region recognize the
production, are Caribbean countries, there is still a need to
important factors the region is a key engage in agriculture to
meet the needs of
affecting the importer of food.
growing populations.
availability of food However it is prone to
products. natural disasters and
it can reduce its ability
to produce adequate
quantities.