Food insecurity and poverty

Kenneth Harttgen and Johannes Seiler

Chapter 22 in Research Handbook on Measuring Poverty and Deprivation, 2023, pp 234-242 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Despite rapid economic growth and poverty reduction within the last three decades, food insecurity still afflicts about two billion people worldwide. As a result, food insecurity is one of the top priorities for governments in many countries, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries highlighted by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Poverty is a direct cause of food insecurity. At the same time, food insecurity leads to limited physical and cognitive development and lower productivity which itself is an underlying cause of poverty. This means that food insecurity and poverty are related both at the micro level and at the macro level. Therefore, reducing poverty (both transient and chronic) can be viewed as one of the key elements to improving food security.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Geography; Research Methods; Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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