Table 1.

Operationalization of the four pillars of food and nutrition security for analyzing fish commodity chains

Four pillars of food and nutrition security	Operationalization for fish commodity chains analysis
Availability of sufficient quantities of food of appropriate quality, supplied through domestic production, imports or aid	Quantities of fish available in a particular locality
Accessibility: People’s ability to acquire adequate amounts of food by way of self- production or purchasing of foods	The extent to which fish is financially affordable and physically accessible
Utilization: ability to utilize accessible foods in terms of bioavailability, nutrition security, sanitation, and food safety	The quality of the available fish products, in terms of micronutrient content and absence of contaminants
Stability: available food and access to food at all times, despite economic or environmental crisis and seasonal food insecurity	The extent to which fish is consistently available and accessible throughout the seasons. The resource sustainability dimension is beyond the scope of this paper

Source FAO (2006) and authors