faostat.agriculture.food_security
Retrieve prevalence of undernourishment (% of population) and count of undernourished people (millions) for any country over time. Data from FAO FAOSTAT — UN SDG Indicator 2.1.1. Covers 190+ countries, annual data since 2001. Accepts ISO alpha-2 (e.g. "IN"), alpha-3 (e.g. "IND"), or ISO numeric (...
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What faostat.agriculture.food_security does on Apibase
AI agents call faostat.agriculture.food_security to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
end_year | integer | — | End year for the time series (default: latest available) |
start_year | integer | — | Start year for the time series (default: 2015, earliest available: 1961) |
country_code | string | Yes | Country code: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (e.g. "IN", "US", "ET"), alpha-3 (e.g. "IND"), or ISO numeric (e.g. "356") |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why faostat.agriculture.food_security is rated Low
Tool queries historical food security statistics with no side effects or data modification capabilities.
From the tool's definition Retrieve prevalence of undernourishment and count of undernourished people for any country over time.
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The rule that runs faostat.agriculture.food_security safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For faostat.agriculture.food_security, this is the rule to start with:
faostat.agriculture.food_security is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every faostat.agriculture.food_security call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about faostat.agriculture.food_security
Retrieve prevalence of undernourishment (% of population) and count of undernourished people (millions) for any country over time. Data from FAO FAOSTAT — UN SDG Indicator 2.1.1. Covers 190+ countries, annual data since 2001. Accepts ISO alpha-2 (e.g. "IN"), alpha-3 (e.g. "IND"), or ISO numeric (e.g. "356") country codes. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
faostat.agriculture.food_security accepts 3 parameters: end_year, start_year, country_code. Required: country_code. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for faostat.agriculture.food_security: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.
faostat.agriculture.food_security is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the faostat.agriculture.food_security rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for faostat.agriculture.food_security. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
faostat.agriculture.food_security is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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