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食料安全保障 (しょくりょうあんぜんほしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

食しょく料りょう安あん全ぜん保ほ障しょう

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Meanings

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noun

food security

Refers to the state where all people have reliable access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food. Often used in policy, economics, and international development contexts.

食しょく料りょう安あん全ぜん保ほ障しょうは、すべての国くににとって重じゅう要ような課か題だいです。
Food security is an important issue for every country.
気き候こう

変へん

動どう

が

食しょく

料りょう

安あん

全ぜん

保ほ

障しょう

に

深しん

刻こく

な

影えい

響きょう

を

与あた

え

て

いる

。

Climate change is having a serious impact on food security.

Written forms

食しょく料りょう安あん全ぜん保ほ障しょう
Standard kanji form using 食料 (foodstuffs).
食しょく糧りょう安あん全ぜん保ほ障しょう
Variant using 食糧 (food provisions); both forms are used, with 食料 being more common in official contexts.

Kanji

食eat, food
料fee, materials
安relax, cheap, low
全whole, entire, all
保protect, guarantee, keep
障hinder, hurt, harm
糧provisions, food, bread

Similar words

食しょく料りょう自じ給きゅう率りつ
Food self-sufficiency rate; a related metric often discussed alongside food security, but focuses on domestic production versus consumption.

Etymology

Compound of 食料 (food, provisions) + 安全保障 (security, safety). The term is a direct translation of the English 'food security' and became widely used in Japanese policy discourse from the late 20th century.