Whilst traditional food security analysis offers an ex post view on who the food insecure are and why they are so, looking at food insecurity from a vulnerability perspective provides a dynamic and forward looking way of analysing causes and more importantly options for reducing food insecurity....

In current economic reality, there seems to be a clear need to recognize, characterize and place small scale agriculture in a setup which accounts for novel trends in the modes of doing business in the global economy and with respect to the changing role of agriculture along development...

Distance and transfer costs determine the price received or paid by farmers in developing countries. High margins reduce the area over which food is marketed, often insulating regions and households from price signals. This reduction in price information may result in inefficient outcomes. This...