Development of a Consistent Food Security Index

Seung-Ryong Yang and Wonyong Kim

No 290620, 2011 ASAE 7th International Conference, October 13-15, Hanoi, Vietnam from Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE)

Abstract: This study developed a food security index that is consistent with four principles: boundedness, reliability, duplicability, and applicability. The index is called KUFSI which is easy to interpret and comparable. The KUFSI is composed of three components: physical, economic, and market component. The KUFSI is calculated in quantity term as well as in calorie term. The KUFSI measures a country‟s capability of accessing to food needed as a whole. The capability can be compared across time and with other countries. The index can also be used to build early warning systems for individual countries.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19
Date: 2011-10-13
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.290620

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