Chapter 40 Food security and food assistance programs

Widespread hunger and malnutrition persist today despite considerable growth in per capita food availability. This has prompted an evolving conceptualization of food security and of mechanisms to attain and maintain food security. This chapter discusses both food security and food assistance programs designed to respond to the threat of food insecurity.

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Year of publication:	2002
Authors:	Barrett, Christopher B.
Published in:	Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 2, part B, Agricultural and food policy. - Amsterdam : Elsevier, ISBN 0-444-51079-6. - 2002, p. 2103-2190
Subject:	food security \| food aid \| hunger \| malnutrition \| undernutrition \| Ernährungssicherung \| Food security \| Unterernährung \| Undernutrition \| Nahrungsmittelhilfe \| Food aid \| Ernährungspolitik \| Nutrition policy \| Entwicklungsländer \| Developing countries

Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1016/S1574-0072(02)10027-2 [DOI]
Classification:	Q18 - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy ; I12 - Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality, Morbidity, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Disability, and Economic Behavior ; O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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