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S: WFP – https://www.wfp.org/global-hunger-crisis (last access: 15 December 2024) ; FAO – https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/global-report-on-food-crises—acute-hunger-remains-persistently-high-in-59-countries-with-1-in-5-people-assessed-in-need-of-critical-urgent-action/en (last access: 15 December 2024).

N: 1.- food (n): Middle English foode, fode, from Old English foda “food, nourishment; fuel,” also figurative, from Proto-Germanic *fodon (source also of Swedish föda, Danish föde, Gothic fodeins), from Germanic *fod- “food,” from PIE *pat-, extended form of root *pa- “to feed.”

Food chain is by 1915. Food poisoning attested by 1864; food processor in the kitchen appliance sense from 1973; food stamp (n.) is from 1962.

– crisis (n): early 15c., crise, crisis, “decisive point in the progress of a disease,” also “vitally important or decisive state of things, point at which change must come, for better or worse,” from Latinized form of Greek krisis “turning point in a disease, that change which indicates recovery or death” (used as such by Hippocrates and Galen), literally “judgment, result of a trial, selection,” from krinein “to separate, decide, judge,” from PIE root *krei- “to sieve,” thus “discriminate, distinguish.”

Transferred non-medical sense is 1620s in English. A German term for “mid-life crisis” is Torschlusspanik, literally “shut-door-panic,” fear of being on the wrong side of a closing gate.

2. Situation where acute food insecurity requires urgent action to protect and save lives and livelihoods at local or national levels and exceeds the local resources and capacities to respond.

3. The term food crisis is primarily used in the fields of food security, economics, and humanitarian aid to describe critical situations where food availability, access, or quality is severely compromised. It is widely employed by international organizations such as the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), WFP (World Food Programme), and others to classify food related emergencies that demand immediate action. The term is closely related to acute food insecurity and famine, with distinctions in severity as categorized by the IPC (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification).

4. It functions as a technical term in humanitarian, economic, and environmental discourse, often used interchangeably with related concepts like acute food insecurity or famine, though it is broader and less specific in severity.

S: 1. Etymonline – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=food+crisis (last access: 15 December 2024). 2. WPF – https://www.wfp.org/global-hunger-crisis (last access: 15 December 2024). 3 & 4. FAO – https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0895bc1b-af40-434d-866b-56d80230f70d/content , https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/global-report-on-food-crises—acute-hunger-remains-persistently-high-in-59-countries-with-1-in-5-people-assessed-in-need-of-critical-urgent-action/en (last access: 15 December 2024).

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CR: food aid, food security, humanitarian aid, humanitarian crisis.