Background: With food security now a top priority for many governments and for the global
development community, there is heightened awareness of the need to improve our …

The appropriate measurement of food security is critical for targeting food and economic aid;
supporting early famine warning and global monitoring systems; evaluating nutrition, health …

Until recently there was lacking a common food security measure and the necessary data to
study the individual-level determinants of food insecurity around the world. In 2014, the Food …

There is a rich literature devoted to the role women play in ensuring the food security of the
household and other household members. However, relatively little attention has been paid …

The challenge of measuring food security became increasingly thorny during the 1990s,
when the number of conceptual elements proliferated in widely accepted definitions. There …

The United States is viewed by the world as a country with plenty of food, yet not all
households in America are food secure, meaning access at all times to enough food for an …

Apresenta-se um marco conceitual interdisciplinar de segurança alimentar e nutricional no
qual identificam-se determinantes nos níveis macrossocioeconômico, regional-local e …

This paper hypothesizes that there is a common “core” to the household food insecurity
experience that goes beyond insufficient food quantity and that transcends culture. The …

The complexity of the operational concept and definition of food insecurity has complicated
the study of the 'food insecure'and efforts to determine clear policy directions. Previous …

The United Nations define food security as" People having at all times, physical, social and
economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and …