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Towards better measurement of household food security: Harmonizing indicators and the role of household surveys

Calogero Carletto, +2 more
- 01 Mar 2013 - 
- Vol. 2, Iss: 1, pp 30-40
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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.
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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).

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COVID-19 pandemic and food security in different contexts: A systematic review protocol

TL;DR: The current systematic review results can be used to predict the effect of COVID-19 on the individuals’ and households’ food security, especially in vulnerable populations, and develop effective interventions.
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Food security indicators in deltaic and coastal research: a scoping review

TL;DR: In this article , a systematic review using Covidence, a Cochrane-adopted systematic review processing software, was carried out to identify 143 food security indicators, with measures of food availability featuring in 27% of reviewed papers.
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Diet change and sustainability in Indigenous areas: characteristics, drivers, and impacts of diet change in Gunayala, Panama

TL;DR: In this paper , a case report uses a sustainability science lens to understand the characteristics of diet change in Indigenous Gunas communities of Panama, as well as its drivers and sustainability impacts, using primary information collected through interviews with 30 experts and 232 household surveys in three Gunas islands characterised by different levels of development, western influence, and cultural erosion.
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Gıda Güvencesi ve Gıdayla ilgili Diğer Temel Kavramlar, Farklılıklar ve İlişkiler

TL;DR: Incelenerek günümüzde geçerli olan kavramın tanımlanması, ikincisi beslenme güvencesi, açlık ve yetersiz beslenm, gıda hakkı güda egemenliği, Güda ve beslenmesi terimleri son dönemlerde birlikte kullanılmaya başlanmıştır.
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On the timing of relevant weather conditions in agriculture

TL;DR: Li et al. as mentioned in this paper proposed an approach to recover the true underlying season and apply it to a US state-level panel of agricultural Total Factor Productivity, showing that imposing an incorrect season introduces nonclassical measurement error in weather regressors, bias in unknown directions.
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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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Operationalizing Dietary Diversity: A Review of Measurement Issues and Research Priorities

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