Food security exists when all people have reliable physical, social, and economic access to sufficient nutritious food to live an active and healthy life. Food security has three key pillars - availability, which examines if coordination of land and water governance improves food availability; access, which looks at if systems and policies enable access to available food; and utilization, which considers if acquired food can be properly used. Any assessment of food security must consider the specific context.

1. FOOD SECURITY DEFINITION
Food security exists when all people, at all
times, have physical, social and economic
access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food
that meets their dietary needs and food
preferences for an active and healthy life
(Committee on World Food Security, 2009).

2. Food
Security
PILLARS/Dimensions

3. KEY FS PILLARS FOR WATER AND
LAND GOVERNANCE
Is the co-ordination of Land and
Water Governance
improving/decreasing food
availability? What, Who, Why
,How (Policies, Programmes,
Players, Scale, Cross cutting
Gender etc.).
Caution: context specific
Is the co-ordination of Land and
Water Governance
improving/decreasing food
availability? What system? What,
Who, Why, How (Policies,
Programmes, Players, Scale etc)
Caution: context specific