Mitigating the Effects of Drought through Food Security and Nutrition Monitoring: Lessons from Malawi
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It is concluded that a decentralized system of data collection, processing, and analysis is more likely to be successful in planning interventions for food security and nutritional improvements during periods of drought.Abstract:
This article uses a case study from Malawi to demonstrate the use of a Food Security and Nutrition Monitoring (FSNM) system for managing and mitigating the effects of drought. The implementation of...read more
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TL;DR: In this article, the 1949 famine was viewed as a Malthusian crisis and food entitlement and employment as a failure of the market, leading to food rationing and rationing.
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Indicators for food security and nutrition monitoring: A review of experience from Southern Africa
TL;DR: Many African countries have established food security information systems with a number of purposes as discussed by the authors, and the most successful are those which use simple indicators and which provide unambiguous and credible information.