Answer to Question #153902 in Microeconomics for Fujai Muhammad

Question

How to assess future food security: on foresight, forecasting, projecting, predicting and exploring the future

Answer 1

The appropriate measurement of food security is critical for targeting food and economic aid; supporting early famine warning and global monitoring systems; evaluating nutrition, health, and development programs; and informing government policy across many sectors.

There are five commonly used methods that can be used to assess food security:

1. the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) method for estimating calories available per capita at the national level;
2. household income and expenditure surveys;
3. individual's dietary intake;
4. anthropometry;
5. experience-based food insecurity measurement scales.