"Measurement drives diagnosis and response": Gaps in transferring food security assessment to the urban scale

Reflects on food security measurement methods,the positive components and the shortfalls applicable to the urban context

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
31 October 2018
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Food and Nutrition
First published:
12 December 2017
Authors:
Haysom, G and Tawodzera, G

Abstract

This paper begins by highlighting the urban transition and attendant food security challenges in the Global South. It then reflects on existing food security measurement methods, detailing the positive components but also highlighting the shortfalls applicable to the urban context.

This work is part of 바카라 사이트楪overning Food Systems to Alleviate Poverty in Secondary Cities in Africa바카라 사이트� project supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the UK Department for International Development.

Citation

Gareth Haysom and Godfrey Tawodzera, (2018) 바카라 사이트淢easurement drives diagnosis and response바카라 사이트�: Gaps in transferring food security assessment to the urban scale, Food Policy, Volume 74, 2018, Pages 117-125, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.12.001

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