also introduces a conceptual framework for an index measuring country commitment to fighting hunger. The constitutive … elements of this index are illustrated: political will, anti-hunger policies and programmes. Suggestions are made on how a …Several indices measuring hunger and progress in achieving hunger eradication have been proposed in the literature …

This article argues that hunger in Canada, while being an outcome of unemployment, low incomes, and inadequate welfare … commodification of welfare and the corporatization of food, the depoliticization of hunger by governments and the voluntary sector … domestic right to food as expressed in international human rights law. The interconnectedness of hunger, welfare, and food …

Food insecurity, and its extreme form, hunger, occur whenever the accessibility to an adequate supply of nutritional … hunger, and 3.5% being food insecure with moderate to severe hunger). This means that approximately 10 million households … insecurity and hunger is information technology (IT), since its use and range of application continue to grow at astonishing …

The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI), which reflects data from the period 2008 to 2012, shows that global hunger has … improved since 1990, falling by one-third. Despite the progress made, the level of hunger in the world remains serious, with …