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Category : Famines
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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Food Insecurity, Famines and Coping Mechanisms
Author: Food Insecurity, Famines, and Coping Mechanisms
Author: Food Insecurity and Hunger in the United States
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309180368
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
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 active, healthy life. A proportion of the population experiences food insecurity at some time in a given year because of food deprivation and lack of access to food due to economic resource constraints. Still, food insecurity in the United States is not of the same intensity as in some developing countries. Since 1995 the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has annually published statistics on the extent of food insecurity and food insecurity with hunger in U.S. households. These estimates are based on a survey measure developed by the U.S. Food Security Measurement Project, an ongoing collaboration among federal agencies, academic researchers, and private organizations. USDA requested the Committee on National Statistics of the National Academies to convene a panel of experts to undertake a two-year study in two phases to review at this 10-year mark the concepts and methodology for measuring food insecurity and hunger and the uses of the measure. In Phase 2 of the study the panel was to consider in more depth the issues raised in Phase 1 relating to the concepts and methods used to measure food security and make recommendations as appropriate. The Committee on National Statistics appointed a panel of 10 experts to examine the above issues. In order to provide timely guidance to USDA, the panel issued an interim Phase 1 report, Measuring Food Insecurity and Hunger: Phase 1 Report. That report presented the panel's preliminary assessments of the food security concepts and definitions; the appropriateness of identifying hunger as a severe range of food insecurity in such a survey-based measurement method; questions for measuring these concepts; and the appropriateness of a household survey for regularly monitoring food security in the U.S. population. It provided interim guidance for the continued production of the food security estimates. This final report primarily focuses on the Phase 2 charge. The major findings and conclusions based on the panel's review and deliberations are summarized.
Adaptable Livelihoods
Author: Susanna DaviesPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349244090
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
'The book's radical message "save livelihoods not just lives" should be on the desk of every policy-maker concerned with relief and development and demands a rethink of policy and practice across the board.' - Robert Chambers, Institute of Development Studies 'A book on development I really enjoyed. An entriguing story emerges: the real expert on saving lives and livelihoods are the people facing famine and insecurity themselves. This book details the evolution of the local food monitoring system, showing that by concentrating on what people can do in response to change, rather than what they cannot do, we can devise more permanent and effective responses to food insecurity than emergency food aid distribution.' - Mike Aaronson, Save the Children Poor people living in high-risk environments live continuously with uncertainty which often threatens their livelihoods. They have therefore developed effective means of predicting and responding to large fluctuations in rainfall, harvest levels and natural resource production. These methods of prediction and response often out-perform conventional early warning systems promoted by donors and governments, and yet are rarely considered in the conception and implementation of food security programmes.
Food Insecurity
Author: Burak O. TanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Food security
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
This study focused on the lived experiences of low-income households who coped with food insecurity and explored their worldview on the health impacts of battling with this phenomenon in the Grand Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). While the main research question focused on how low-income households coped with food insecurity, the following were the focus of the research analysis and served as the empirically testable framework: a) addressing the impact of poverty on affordability of nutritious food, b) addressing the impact of food deserts on accessibility and availability of nutritious food, c) addressing the coping strategies used to battle food insecurity phenomenon, and d) addressing the impact of coping strategies used on health outcomes. Exploring the food insecurity topic, not only was it evident that the research on food insecurity coping mechanisms has been insufficient in the United States, but the existing research has been predominantly quantitative in nature. By implementing a transcendental phenomenology as its primary design, this study elucidated human experience of hunger and of coping mechanisms to lend to the possibility of advising public policies that resonate out of a more humanistic perspective rather than with just statistics alone. This study implemented a stratified random sampling to interview 50 participants who used food pantries in Grand Rapids MSA. The results revealed that the participants were struggling with food insecurity due to the: a) inaccessibility of nutritious food, b) lack of availability of nutritious food, and c) unaffordability of nutritious food. The levels of food insecurity were significantly higher for the Grand Rapids MSA households compared to the USDA national averages. The top five coping strategies showed that the participants depended on formal and informal networks to address their nutritional needs: a) food pantries/churches, b) selecting cheap foods, c) meal planning, d) friends and family, and e) the SNAP benefits (food stamps). The food insecurity phenomenon and coping strategies had a substantial impact on the participants’ mental health outcomes (stress, anxiety, depression) versus their physical health outcomes (being overweight, high blood pressure, diabetes). In conclusion, this study recommends that the public administrators and practitioners should revise the “one size fits all” approach in nutrition-related policies, strive to improve the intergovernmental coalitions to circulate the public assistance information, focus on ameliorating the effectiveness of formal and informal networks as a coping strategy, and work towards alleviating the physical and mental health outcomes of food insecurity phenomenon through preventative approaches.
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251305722
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
New evidence this year corroborates the rise in world hunger observed in this report last year, sending a warning that more action is needed if we aspire to end world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. Updated estimates show the number of people who suffer from hunger has been growing over the past three years, returning to prevailing levels from almost a decade ago. Although progress continues to be made in reducing child stunting, over 22 percent of children under five years of age are still affected. Other forms of malnutrition are also growing: adult obesity continues to increase in countries irrespective of their income levels, and many countries are coping with multiple forms of malnutrition at the same time – overweight and obesity, as well as anaemia in women, and child stunting and wasting.
Famine Prevention in India
Author: Jean DrèzeFamine and Survival Strategies
Author: Dessalegn RahmatoPublisher: Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN: 9789171063144
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
What do peasants do in the face of severe food crisis and ecological stress, and how do they manage to survive on their own? This study revolves around a case study conducted by the author in the awraja (district) in the Ambassel Wollo province in northeastern Ethiopia. This is in the region that was hit hardest by the 1984-85 famine, which Rahmato calls "the worst tragedy rural Ethiopia had ever experienced". The author also critically examines other literature on famine response. The focus of this study is on what happens before famine comes, and how the peasants prepare for it. From a wealth of evidence, the author concludes that the seeds of famine are sown during the years of recovery.
Famine Early Warning Systems During Conflict
Author: Robert MesserlePublisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3640999614
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 1,0, Humboldt-University of Berlin, language: English, abstract: Over 900 million people were suffering from hunger in 2010 and in December the United Nations basic food price index reached a new record. The resulting food insecurity is often of chronic nature but may be temporally increased due to events like draughts, floods or conflicts. To enable timely and adequate response it is important to identify and forecast the most urgent arising food security crises where extensive international aid is needed. For this purpose there exist several food security early warning systems. They track the status of food supply, food access, food utilization and food stability to monitor where a crisis is impending. While a wide range of production indicators covers the supply side, other pillars are lacking behind. Therefore new vulnerability and health indicators are developed for the integration into early warning systems. This paper tries to draw attention to a partially neglected area in the intent to improve food security early warning systems - the link of food insecurity and conflict.
Famine Early Warning Systems
Author: Peter WalkerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134070861
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Is it possible to see famines coming, to be prepared and to save possibly hundreds of thousands of lives? Or is this the wrong question? A famine is not a single natural catastrophe: it has different stages. Many societies have sophisticated strategies for coping – but these are becoming dramatically limited. Famine Early Warning System is about the people who are caught up in the process of famine. Peter Walker looks at how they perceive their predicament and what they do to avert mass starvation: and at what genuinely useful help can be offered in order to prevent irreversible disaster. Originally published in 1989