Understanding Food Insecurity Key Features, Indicators, and Response Design /

• Main Author: Sassi, Maria (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Agricultural economics.; Poverty.; Development economics.; Agriculture.; Food-Biotechnology.; Nutrition .; Agricultural Economics.; Development Aid.; Development Economics.; Food Science.; Nutrition.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of key aspects of food insecurity, including definitional and conceptual issues, information systems and data sources, indicators, and policies. The aim is to equip readers with a sound understanding of the subject that will assist in the recognition of fo...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Food security basics
• 2 Conceptual frameworks for the analysis of food security
• 3 Food security information systems and sources of food security data
• 4 Indicators for monitoring food security
• 5 The history of food security: approaches and policies
• 6 Food aid and food assistance.