food insecurity and malnutrition within a country tends to occur in geographical clusters and the forces that lead to food insecurity can vary by type of geography consequently a placebased or territorial approach to food insecurity can potentially improve current food security and nutrition fsn policies in all types of countries this reflects two important realities the first is that it is in rural areas where food is mainly produced and to the extent that shortages in supply contribute to food insecurity they must be addressed through improvements in agricultural productivity