Cross-national analysis of food security drivers: comparing results based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale and Global Food Security Index

Andrew Allee, Lee R. Lynd () and Vikrant Vaze
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Andrew Allee: Dartmouth College
Lee R. Lynd: Dartmouth College
Vikrant Vaze: Dartmouth College

Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, 2021, vol. 13, issue 5, No 11, 1245-1261

Abstract: Abstract The second UN Sustainable Development Goal establishes food security as a priority for governments, multilateral organizations, and NGOs. These institutions track national-level food security performance with an array of metrics and weigh intervention options considering the leverage of many possible drivers. We studied the relationships between several candidate drivers and two response variables based on prominent measures of national food security: the 2019 Global Food Security Index (GFSI) and the Food Insecurity Experience Scale’s (FIES) estimate of the percentage of a nation’s population experiencing food security or mild food insecurity (FI

Keywords: National food security; Development; Global Food Security Index; Food Insecurity Experience Scale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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