Abstract The second UN Sustainable Development Goal establishes food security as a
priority for governments, multilateral organizations, and NGOs. These institutions track …

Improving food security governance depends largely on the identification of food insecurity
(FI) indicators that are useful for policy makers to improve their targeting and monitoring …

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 broad agreement that food security as defined by the World Food Summit exists
when Ball people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and …

Much information on the food security status of countries has become increasingly available
in recent years. However, alternative measures, especially with large variation, can affect …

Experience-based food security scales (EBFSSs) have been shown to be valid across world
regions. EBFSSs are increasingly been included in national food and nutrition assessments …

This report assesses and projects food security of 76 low-and middle-income countries
based on two key determinants: food production and import capacity. Domestic food …

Food security is again at the center of the international development discourse, both as a
means to facilitate achievement of health goals and as an end in itself (Hall et al. 2011; …

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 …

Abstract The Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) created by the United Nations' Food
and Agriculture Organization in 2014 provides a standardized measure of people's direct …