nutrition security

Improving the Measurement of Food Security

Authors
Derek Headey, Olivier Ecker
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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https://www.ifpri.org/publication/improving-measurement-food-security

Although food security measurement has been substantially expanded in recent decades, there persists significant dissatisfaction with existing measurement systems, especially in the wake of the global food and financial crisis. In this paper we first set out a list of criteria that an ideal food security measurement system should satisfy. We then benchmark existing indicators and measurement systems against those criteria as a means of systematically identifying their relative strengths and weaknesses.