Analyzing food security using household survey data
Since the end of the Second World War, the international community has been focusing on reducing the number and the proportion of people who suffer from hunger. Over time it became clear that no single indicator would provide a comprehensive picture of the food security situation. Rather, a suite of indicators is necessary to describe food insecurity in all its dimensions. The demand for evidence-based policies, which brings together providers such as statistical offices and users of food security indicators including policy makers and researchers, has also been increasing. The stand-alone software, ADePT-Food Security Module (available for free downloading), was developed to produce food security indicators from food consumption data collected in household surveys. These indicators, derived at the national and subnational levels, include the consumption of calories and macronutrients, the availability of micronutrients and amino acids, the distribution of calories and the proportion of people undernourished. The book focuses on the theory, methodology, and analysis of these indicators.
Main Authors: | 1423211782280 Moltedo, A., 1423211782163 Troubat, N., 1423211783842 Lokshin, M., 1423211783843 Sajaia, Z. |
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Format: | Texto biblioteca |
Language: | eng |
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Washington, DC (USA) World Bank
2014
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Subjects: | food security, indicators, food consumption, household surveys, standard operating procedures, data collection, data processing, statistical methods, |
Online Access: | https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/18091/9781464801334.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |
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