Household Resilience to Food and Nutrition Insecurity in Central America and the Caribbean

Ricardo Sibrian, Marco d’Errico, Patricia Palma de Fulladolsa and Flavia Benedetti-Michelangeli
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Ricardo Sibrian: Programme on Information Systems for Food and Nutrition Security Resilience in the SICA Region Phase II, General Secretariat of the Central American Integrating System (PROGRESAN-SICA II), Antiguo Cuscatlán 01-113, El Salvador
Marco d’Errico: Agrifood Economics Division, FAO, 00153 Rome, Italy
Patricia Palma de Fulladolsa: Programme on Information Systems for Food and Nutrition Security Resilience in the SICA Region Phase II, General Secretariat of the Central American Integrating System (PROGRESAN-SICA II), Antiguo Cuscatlán 01-113, El Salvador
Flavia Benedetti-Michelangeli: Agrifood Economics Division, FAO, 00153 Rome, Italy
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Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 16, 1-30

Abstract: Latin American and Caribbean countries, affected mainly by extreme climatic events, are heterogeneous in farming practices and the relevance of critical determinants of resilience. This paper fills the knowledge gap and informs on the application of the Resilience Index Measurement and Analysis version II (RIMA-II) for Resilience on Food and Nutrition Security (RFNS) indicators in five vulnerable countries in Central America and the Caribbean: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic. Already-collected information on food consumption and social and economic dimensions, depicting key determinants or “pillars” as defined by RIMA-II methodology, is the basis for developing several models on RFNS. These findings are baselines for subnational territories and country-specific inputs for monitoring and enhancing Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) indicators. This paper fills three critical gaps in the literature on resilience. It presents cross-country data-driven evidence, highlighting consistencies and discrepancies by analyzing data on otherwise unexplored Latin American and Caribbean countries. It suggests the country-specific approach of resilience measurement for heterogeneous contexts. In addition, it provides policy indications to support the role of farm diversification in promoting household resilience.

Keywords: resilience; food and nutrition security; structural equation models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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