Funding for data collection and analysis of these data has been supported by the 1 International Fund for Agricultural Development (TA Grant No. 301-IFPRI). We gratefully acknowledge this funding, but stress that ideas and opinions presented here are our responsibility and should, in no way, be attributed to IFAD.

The opinions and conclusions expressed herein are solely those of the author(s) and should not be construed as representing the opinions or policies of the UKCPR or any agency of the Federal Government. " 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Project Goals. Over 469 thousand households in the U.S. experienced very low food security among children, a severe condition characterized by reductions in food intake due...

More reliable and timely information on food security could be valuable for addressing challenges of food availability, volatility in food prices and emergency response. This study explores the potential of using mobile phone data to develop a real-time proxy indicator of food security that can be adapted for regions where standard household surveys (or early warning indicators) are not always ...

More reliable and timely information on food security could be valuable for addressing challenges of food availability, volatility in food prices and emergency response. This study explores the potential of using mobile phone data to develop a real-time proxy indicator of food security that can be adapted for regions where standard household surveys (or early warning indicators) are not always ...

BACKGROUND An important issue the world faces today is ensuring that households living in different countries have access to enough food to maintain a healthy life. Food insecurity is prevalent in both developed and developing countries. The objective of this study was to assess the household food security status and related factors among different rural districts of Neyshabur (A city in northe...

Accurate measurement of household food security is essential to generate adequate information on the proportion of households experiencing food insecurity, especially in areas or regions vulnerable to food shortages and famine. This manuscript offers a methodological examination of three commonly used indicators of household food security - experience of hunger, dietary diversity, and coping st...

Funding for data collection and analysis of these data has been supported by the 1 International Fund for Agricultural Development (TA Grant No. 301-IFPRI). We gratefully acknowledge this funding, but stress that ideas and opinions presented here are our responsibility and should, in no way, be attributed to IFAD.

Household food insecurity -the lack of access at all times to a sufficient quantity and quality of safe and nutritious food for an active and healthy life can cause under-nutrition and micronutrient deficiencies, which affect every age group throughout the developing world. Whatever the reasons for food insecurity agroecological, socio-economic or multisectoralfood-based interventions hold the ...

OBJECTIVE Although the sociodemographic characteristics of food-insecure households have been well documented, there has been little examination of neighbourhood characteristics in relation to this problem. In the present study we examined the association between household food security and neighbourhood features including geographic food access and perceived neighbourhood social capital. DES...

access to adequate food and health nutrition is the major subject in society health and development. so, food security has a particular importance among priorities of development in each country. the main purpose of this study was to investigate influencing factors affecting food security among 100 rural households in kerenchy (a village in kermanshah county) selected by random sampling, method...