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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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Resultados de la encuesta sobre alimentación y bienestar
TL;DR: The main results of the survey are presented and the nutritional status and self-perception of health, food consumption habits and the actors that influence their food choices are described.
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On the use of household expenditure surveys to monitor mismanaged plastic waste from food packaging in low- and middle-income countries
Jim Wright,Simon Damkjaer,Heini Vaisanen,Quaranchie Adama-Tettey,Mawuli Dzodzomenyo,Allan G. Hill,L Okotto,Joseph Okotto-Okotto,Peter Shaw +8 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors evaluate whether household expenditure surveys can quantify mismanaged waste from other widely consumed commodities, such as cooking oil alongside packaged water in urban Greater Accra, Ghana, and all cities nationally in Kenya.
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Measurement of the impact of buffer stock intervention on food security of smallholder farmers in Ghana by means of the nutrient-content household dietary diversity index
Emmanuel Abokyi,Kofi Fred Asiedu +1 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors investigated the impact of buffer stock intervention on smallholder farmers' food security in Ghana by estimating the nutrient-content household dietary diversity index (NHDDI) based on a cross-sectional data set, and they found that marital status, gender, education, and income positively impact food security while the household size and the number of children under five years old have a negative impact.
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Agbiotech, Sustainability, and Food Security Connection to Public Health
Abstract: Supporters of agricultural biotechnology have maintained a high enthusiasm for its role in improving agricultural yields and enhancing sustainability, for instance, in Africa. However, critics are deeply skeptical. This chapter sketches some of the main arguments on both sides to provide a summary analysis. The discussion includes multiple climatic, socioeconomic, and public policy drivers that have collided with the ability of the average person to achieve food security. If food security is to be understood as a matter of human health, then its definitions and designs must recognize food's many roles in creating positive public health outcomes. Hence, the discussion expands to include an integrative model of food security linking sociocultural, public policy, and ecological aspects to public health. The chapter concludes that extensive work must be done to steer policy initiatives toward common sense sustainability paths to achieve food security and/or sovereignty.
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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.