Rethinking the measurement of food security: From first principles to best practice

Food Security

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 327-343

  Headey, Derek ^a   Ecker, Olivier ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic shock; Economic shock; Food crisis; Food security; Measurement system; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CROSS SECTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOOD SECURITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MALNUTRITION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 84883831166     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-013-0253-0     Document Type: Review

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