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Why is food security essential? How food security is effected during Disaster?

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Food security is essential to present malnutrition, famine and widespread loss of life. (a) During disasters the total production of foodgrains decreases. (b) This creates a shortage of food in the affected areas.       (c) Shortage of food results in rise of prices. (d) As a result many people cannot afford to buy food. (e) If such a situation carries on for a long time it could lead to starvation, deaths and famine. Even now