understanding of the problems and options. In this 2020 discussion paper, Todd Benson reviews the extent of food and nutrition … why. The differences between food and nutrition security, and how they are linked, are clarified. Benson examines the key … direct and indirect determinants and consequences of food and nutrition insecurity in the African context and offers a menu …

During the last half century, a number of individuals and institutions, including the Food and Agriculture Organization … of the United Nations (FAO) and IFPRI, have engaged in projections of future food demand, supply, and related variables …

foreseeable future. The global demand for food will continue to grow mainly for two reasons. One is the continued growth in world … corresponding increase of per capita food consumption. Global food supply will have difficulty keeping pace with the growth in …-energy production diverts agricultural land and other inputs away from food production. In addition, increasing water scarcity is …

yields, long range weather forecasting, agricultural modeling, food security, risk management …

Eighty-nine percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2005, meaning that they had … access, at all times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. The remaining households were … food insecure at least some time during that year. The prevalence of food insecurity declined from 11.9 percent of …

Eighty-nine percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2005, meaning that they had … access, at all times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. The remaining households were … food insecure at least some time during that year. The prevalence of food insecurity declined from 11.9 percent of …

Eighty-eight percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2004, meaning that they had … access, at all times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. The remaining households were … food insecure at least some time during that year. The prevalence of food insecurity rose from 11.2 percent of households …

This bulletin describes characteristics of low-income households that had very low food security in 2005. The U ….S. Department of Agriculture monitors the food security of low-income households to assess how effectively the Government’s domestic …—those with annual incomes less than 130 percent of the Federal poverty line—had very low food security. USDA seeks to reduce that …

States differ in the extent to which their residents are food secure—meaning that they have consistent access to enough … food for active, healthy living. The prevalence of food security in a State depends not only on the characteristics of … as average wages, cost of housing, levels of participation in food assistance programs, and tax policies. Taken together …