International Food Security Expected To Improve, But Regional Differences Persist

Birgit Meade, Karen Thome and Alex Melton

Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2018, vol. November 2018, issue 10

Abstract: Projections for the next decade (2018-28) suggest that the share of the population that is food insecure in 76 low- and middle-income countries will fall from 21.1. percent in 2018 to 10.4 percent, but disparities persist between regions.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; International Development; International Relations/Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.302666

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