| dc.description.abstract | This paper looks at food security trends at three different levels;
national, district and household. The paper aims to go beyond
the conventionalist view of food security by focusing on the
dynamics that characterise the apparent differentials in access
to adequate food. The central argument is that obtaining adequate
food is a function ofinteractions;-negotiations and social struggles
and the extent to which some succeed (and others fail) in their
search for adequate food is bound to vary even in situations that
appear similar. The paper thus concludes that food security and
attendant policies must be conceptualised and defined in the
context of people's actual experiences. In essence, therefore,
food security goes beyond numbers as it includes the existence
of social networks and the capacity to juggle opportunities . | en |
