Food Security

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