Who are the world’s food insecure? Identifying the risk factors of food insecurity around the world

by Michael D. Smith and Birgit Meade

Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Whelan, former WHES board member

USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) reports on FAO’s new Food Insecurity Experience Scale, which is modeled on ERS’s U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module.

 

 

 

 

 

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