least 60 to 70% of the Swazi population live below the poverty line. It is now recognised that the current food security …. Inflation and prices rises have reduced savings and assets, resulting in their inability to withstand future livelihood shocks. …

Several countries in Southern Africa are presently facing acute food security issues. Nearly 13 million people in … of cereals to ensure food security for everyone. Food security is considered differently when the focus is on the macro … or the micro level. On the macroeconomic level, food security means that enough food has to be available to cover the …

This paper contributes to the existing literature on climatic variability and food security. It analyses the impact of … climatic variability on food security for 71 developing countries, from 1960 to 2008. Using two complementary indicators of … food security (food supply and proportion of undernourished people), we find that climatic variability reduces the food …

discussions, leaning towards a new Global Partnership for Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition. In this process, the issue of … to the creation of the High Level Panel of Experts on food security and nutrition (HLPE). Here we describe the genesis …

inflation, both as an objective and as an intermediate instrument. We want to show that other variables like employment can be … that they can be function of employment only, which then dominates inflation for use in the policy rule. …