The Food Security Information
Food security information is mostly generated from primary sources through field surveys. Surveys are carried using scientific objective
Food security information is mostly generated from primary sources through field surveys. Surveys are carried using scientific objective
The food balance sheet is a mathematical spread sheet presentation of aggregate food requirements netted against available food stocks with the resultant …
Gender is a very important element in analysis if one takes into account its role. In this post we discuss the importance of taking gender into account when designing and implementing food security interventions.
The article defines the availability of food, accessibility to food, affordability of food and the utilisation of food as the four pillars of food security.
Vulnerability assessment is very important in profiling households. It allows us to separate households between those that are secure and those that are food insecure.
Addressing food insecurity requires the designing and implementation of interventions which are appropriate to particular causes of food insecurity.
While government takes a leading role in putting up policies and legislation which create a conducive environment there are also other players, the non-state actors that play a very important role in promoting food security.