Food Security
Across
- 2. Supporting local and family farmers to increase food production and strengthen local food supplies.
- 6. Limited roads, storage and transport can prevent food from reaching communities.
- 10. Providing money or vouchers so people can purchase the food and essential items they need.
- 11. Long periods without rain can reduce crop yields and livestock supplies.
- 14. Using farming methods that increase food production while adapting to climate change.
- 15. Genetically modifying crops to increase yields and improve resistance to pests, disease or drought.
- 16. Low incomes prevent people from being able to afford enough nutritious food.
- 17. and emergency assistance Providing food and support to people affected by conflict, natural disasters or famine.
- 19. Giving women equal access to education, land and farming resources to improve food production and household nutrition.
Down
- 1. Using better storage and transport systems to reduce food spoilage and waste.
- 2. Loss of fertile soil reduces the amount and quality of food that can be produced.
- 3. War can destroy farms, disrupt food supplies and force people from their homes.
- 4. Growing crops in stacked layers indoors to produce large amounts of food using less land and water.
- 5. Floods, cyclones and earthquakes can destroy crops, farms and food infrastructure.
- 7. Growing food in cities and towns to improve access to fresh, affordable produce.
- 8. A growing population increases demand for food, water and agricultural land.
- 9. Higher food prices make nutritious food less affordable for low-income households.
- 12. Limited access to water makes it harder to grow crops and raise livestock.
- 13. Changing temperatures and rainfall can make food production more difficult.
- 18. Farming fish and other aquatic animals to provide a reliable and sustainable source of food and protein.