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Towards better measurement of household food security: Harmonizing indicators and the role of household surveys
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In this article, the authors identify the elements of a strategy, built around a combination of short-term fixes and long-term methodological advancements, to reverse the existing trends of poor coordination and slow methodological innovation in food security measurement and monitoring.About:
This article is published in Global Food Security.The article was published on 2013-03-01. It has received 338 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Food security & Dashboard (business).read more
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Spatial analysis of food security in Iran: associated factors and governmental support policies.
TL;DR: Rather than implementing one-size-fits-all policies, such as across-the-board cash food subsidies, the government should take a differential spatially targeted approach to directly support low-income households.
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Finger Millet: Food Security Crop in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) of Kenya
TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight the positive attributes of finger millet and highlight the need for investment in agricultural research and development; and adoption of improved finger-millet varieties especially in the ASALs.
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Food consumption and diet quality choices of Roma in Romania: A counterfactual analysis
TL;DR: In this article, the authors employed a modified Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique using Household Budget Survey data for the period 2004-2011 to analyze the diet quality aspect of food security of Roma in Romania.
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Using Cross-Sectional Data to Identify and Quantify the Relative Importance of Factors Associated with and Leading to Food Insecurity
Alison Daly,Christina M. Pollard,Deborah A. Kerr,Colin W. Binns,Martin Caraher,Michael Phillips +5 more
TL;DR: A synthesis of the determinants and how they influence and modify each other in relation to FI was conducted, using data from the Health & Wellbeing Surveillance System cross-sectional dataset to better inform public health planning.
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A Latent Class Model to discover household food waste patterns in Lisbon City in support of food security, public health and environmental protection.
TL;DR: In this paper, a study was conducted to uncover the patterns of Portuguese citizens concerning food waste by using a mixed research approach and identify demographic factors that can influence the production of food waste and that may support initiatives towards the education of society on food waste.
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Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) for Measurement of Food Access: Indicator Guide: Version 3
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Measuring Food Insecurity
TL;DR: This work states that estimated prevalence rates and patterns remain tenuous because measuring food security, an elusive concept, remains difficult.
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Acute Multidimensional Poverty: A New Index for Developing Countries
Sabina Alkire,Maria Emma Santos +1 more
TL;DR: The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) as discussed by the authors is the first multidimensional poverty index for 104 developing countries and is composed of ten indicators corresponding to the same three dimensions as the Human Development Index: Education, Health and Standard of Living.
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Operationalizing Dietary Diversity: A Review of Measurement Issues and Research Priorities
TL;DR: Evidence from a multicountry analysis suggests that household-level DD diversity is strongly associated with household per capita income and energy availability, suggesting that DD could be a useful indicator of food security.