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Hart, Tim G.B.. |
Recent high food prices and changes in the world food situation are exacerbating the conditions of households that are vulnerable to food insecurity, especially those with weak livelihood strategies. To address the impact of these and other stressors it is necessary to develop a deeper understanding of concepts such as ‘vulnerability’ and ‘food insecurity’. This is challenging as both concepts are used rather loosely in the food security literature, despite both having at least two dimensions. Vulnerability has an external and internal dimension, and food insecurity has a temporal and intensity dimension. However, assessments are often only concerned with one dimension at a time. An exploration of the two concepts suggests that in both cases the dimensions... |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: High food prices; Livelihoods; Vulnerability; Food insecurity; Multidimensional stressors; Consumer/Household Economics. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58212 |
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