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Understanding Food Insecurity

Key Features, Indicators, and Response Design

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Authors:
  1. Maria Sassi

    1. Department of Economics and Management, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

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  • Equips readers with the knowledge needed to recognize the features of food insecurity and to design suitable responses
  • Identifies emerging challenges and explores policy lessons from the past
  • Thoroughly covers definitional and conceptual issues, information systems, data sources, and indicators
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Food Security Basics

    • Maria Sassi
    Pages 1-30

  3. Conceptual Frameworks for the Analysis of Food Security

    • Maria Sassi
    Pages 31-49

  4. Food Security Information Systems and Sources of Food Security Data

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    Pages 51-59

  5. Indicators for Monitoring Food Security

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    Pages 61-87

  6. The History of Food Security: Approaches and Policies

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    Pages 89-120

  7. Food Aid and Food Assistance

    • Maria Sassi
    Pages 121-132
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About this book

This book provides a comprehensive overview of key aspects of food insecurity, including definitional and conceptual issues, information systems and data sources, indicators, and policies. The aim is to equip readers with a sound understanding of the subject that will assist in the recognition of food insecurity and the design of suitable responses. The early chapters discuss the evolution and limitations of the concept and provide a set of conceptual frameworks for the analysis of food security. Systems used to collect data and their evolution over time are then explained, and the most commonly adopted indicators for monitoring food security are presented. Approaches to food security are then thoroughly reviewed decade by decade. Specific attention is paid to the food insecurity challenge in the new millennium, focusing particularly on recent food crises and institutional and policy-related consequences. Finally, the specific terminology of food aid and assistance is examined, with discussion of the instruments recently adopted in the food aid system. This book will be an informative and stimulating resource for both students and professionals. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics and Management, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

    Maria Sassi

About the author

Maria Sassi holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics and is Associate Professor at the University of Pavia, where she teaches Food Economics and Agricultural Development. She is local director of the EMJ Master’s Degree in International Development Studies and NOHA director for the University of Pavia. Maria Sassi is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of International Humanitarian Action. She has taken part in various international research projects focusing on food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Understanding Food Insecurity

  • Book Subtitle: Key Features, Indicators, and Response Design

  • Authors: Maria Sassi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70362-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-70361-9Published: 02 November 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88925-2Published: 23 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-70362-6Published: 24 October 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 132

  • Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Agricultural Economics, Development Aid, Development Economics, Agriculture, Food Science, Nutrition

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