A review of hunger indices and methods to monitor country commitment to fighting hunger

Food Policy

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Masset, Edoardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Commitment; Food security; Hunger; Index; Political will

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FOOD POLICY; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; HUNGER;

EID: 78751679143     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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