食しょく料りょう安あん全ぜん保ほ障しょう

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Meanings

noun

food security

Refers to the state where all people have reliable access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food. Often used in policy, economics, and international development contexts.

食しょく料りょう安あん全ぜん保ほ障しょうは、すべての国くににとって重じゅう要ような課か題だいです。
Food security is an important issue for every country.
気き候こう変へん動どうが食しょく料りょう安あん全ぜん保ほ障しょうに深しん刻こくな影えい響きょうを与あたえている。
Climate change is having a serious impact on food security.

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Kanji

食eat, food
料fee, materials
安relax, cheap, low
全whole, entire, all
保protect, guarantee, keep
障hinder, hurt, harm
糧provisions, food, bread

Related words

食しょく料りょう自じ給きゅう率りつ
Food self-sufficiency rate; a related metric often discussed alongside food security, but focuses on domestic production versus consumption.

Built from

食しょく料りょう+安あん全ぜん保ほ障しょう

Written forms

食しょく料りょう安あん全ぜん保ほ障しょう
Standard kanji form using 食料 (foodstuffs).
食しょく糧りょう安あん全ぜん保ほ障しょう
Variant using 食糧 (food provisions); both forms are used, with 食料 being more common in official contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 食料 (food, provisions) + 安全保障 (security, safety). The term is a direct translation of the English 'food security' and became widely used in Japanese policy discourse from the late 20th century.