Is food security a basic human right or something only the fortunate few can access?

The UN estimates that the global population will reach 10 billion by 2050 and that as the population continues to grow, it will become necessary for food production and food accessibility to grow in tandem with that

65-year-old Turkana farmer and father of 10 children Lochom Ekiru assess the damage of his maize crops after desert locust ravaged them in Kalemngorok, Turkana County, Kenya on June 3, 2020. Picture: FAO/Luis Tato. 

Food security is a basic human right; having access to at least an adequate amount of nutritious food can in fact be seen as the most basic of all human rights.

However, for hundreds of millions of people, this need or right is not being met and, usually, it’s for reasons entirely outside of their control.