Food deficits, food security and food aid : concepts and measurement

The concepts of food deficit, hunger, undernourishment and food security are discussed. <br>Axioms and indices for the assessment of nutrition of individuals and groups are suggested. <br>Furthermore a measure for food aid donor performance is developed and applied to a sample of bilater...

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Main Authors: Gabbert, Silke, Weikard, Hans-Peter
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Universität Potsdam 1998
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Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-8589
http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2006/858/