Hunger terms and definitions

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Across
  1. 4. relates to food availability, access, and utilization. When people have consistent and adequate access to enough safe and nutritious food to maintain an active and healthy life, they are considered food secure.
  2. 5. 1.3 billion tons of is ______ Every year
  3. 6. Famine is the most extreme form of hunger and is synonymous with starvation
  4. 7. an extended period of time – usually impacting at least one planting season – when a region has below-normal rainfall or snow that results in a widespread shortage of water.
  5. 8. occurs when a person does not receive enough food to sustain their basic bodily functions and stay alive. It results in extreme suffering or death. It is the most severe form of undernutrition
  6. 9. refers to fairness and justice, often compared to equality
Down
  1. 1. when a person lacks regular access to enough nutritious food for healthy growth and development.
  2. 2. A major contributor to global hunger. Leads to more droughts, floods, and tropical storms, which can destroy the land that farmers use for food and living
  3. 3. The leading cause of world hunger. A state or situation in which a person or a group of people don't have enough money or the basic things they need to live.
  4. 7. Describes a poor agricultural country. These countries hold 98% of the people that struggle with hunger