Understanding Food Insecurity

Equips readers with the knowledge needed to recognize the features of food insecurity and to design suitable responses
Identifies emerging challenges and explores policy lessons from the past

Thoroughly covers definitional and conceptual issues, information systems, data sources, and indicators

Autorentext
Maria Sassi holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics and is Associate Professor at the University of Pavia, where she teaches Food Economics and Agricultural Development. She is local director of the EMJ Master's Degree in International Development Studies and NOHA director for the University of Pavia. Maria Sassi is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of International Humanitarian Action. She has taken part in various international research projects focusing on food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa.

Inhalt
1 Food security basics.- 2 Conceptual frameworks for the analysis of food security.- 3 Food security information systems and sources of food security data.- 4 Indicators for monitoring food security.- 5 The history of food security: approaches and policies.- 6 Food aid and food assistance.