I am working on comparative analysis of household food security and nutritional status of coffee growers and what producer households of Ethiopia. Recently, Food and nutrition security is considered as single entity, rather than treating them as separate subjects. However, I couldn't find clear and sufficient sources to refer and work with. Most of researches indicated the title as " food and nutrition security" and yet their analyses came up with " food security" and " nutrition security " separately rather than "food and nutrition security" as combined analyses. I would appreciate if, anyone can help me to in this regard?
World Recognized Definition of Food Security means that When All people at all time have physical and economic acess to safe, sufficient and nutritious food for their healthy and an active life
Nutritional Security
When all people at all times have physical and economic acess to provision of adequate nutrients for their healthy and an active life
Both these are related to each other as most developed nations are now mitigating nutritional Security since they have achieved food security whereas Developing nations are facing both food security as well as nutritional Security. Owing to it's immense importance it has now been included in SDGs goal 2 addressing Hunger, Food Security and Nutritional security comparatively.
I think having a holistic analysis of food and nutrition security in term of the four dimensions (Food availability, Access, Utilization and Stability) will present a better picture of the overall. There are tools for measuring all dimensions.
I am currently working on one portion of the dimensions - Utilization and partly food access.
well, you really can't have one without the other...
i don't think it helps to think of them separately since by definition they are almost entirely co-terminus.
The USDA guide to measuring household food security might be helpful to you. It provides direction on how to code questionnaire responses, derive food security scale values and other important information. Here is a link to the document: https://fns-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/FSGuide.pdf
Household food security implies whether households have experienced problems in food access and consumption during a normal period of time. This concept directly associated with poverty also.You may refer Ballard, T.J., Kepple, A.W. & Cafiero, C. 2013. The food insecurity experience scale: development of a global standard for monitoring hunger worldwide. Technical Paper. Rome, FAOHowever, nutritional insecurity can explains category wise (Age and physiological categories, nutritional requirement, recommended levels, etc..) and it may be categorized like severe malnutrition, undernutriton etc..
Household food security implies whether households have experienced problems in food access and consumption during a normal period of time. This concept directly associated with poverty also.You may refer Ballard, T.J., Kepple, A.W. & Cafiero, C. 2013. The food insecurity experience scale: development of a global standard for monitoring hunger worldwide. Technical Paper. Rome, FAOHowever, nutritional insecurity can explains category wise (Age and physiological categories, nutritional requirement, recommended levels, etc..) and it may be categorized like severe malnutrition, undernutriton etc..
you should be treate food security and nutrition security seperatly ofcourse they seems similar but considers paramout dimension.
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