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Measuring Household Resilience to Food Insecurity

Luca Alinovi, Erdgin Mane and Donato Romano
1 Jan 2009, West Bank and Gaza

The concept of resilience has recently been introduced into food security literature. It aims to measure households’ capability to absorb the negative effects of unpredictable shocks, as a legitimate component of vulnerability analysis. The definition of resilience to food insecurity [...]

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Report of the adaptation and pre-testing of household food security monitoring tools: the Kenya experience

Alice Mboganie Mwangi and Gloria Mbera
10 Aug 2006, Kenya
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Report of the Adaptation and Pre-Testing of Household Food Insecurity Tools in Mangochi and Mwanza, Malawi

Beatrice Mtimuni and Numeri Geresomo
7 Jul 2006, Malawi

The report gives details on the pre-testing of survey tools in Malawi: the FANTA developed Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDD); the FANTA-developed Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS); and an individual dietary diversity score (IDD). It contains a translation of [...]

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The “Improved Global Governance for Hunger Reduction” programme is funded by the European Union with additional resources provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The programme is managed by FAO and collaborates with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP)”