Build it back better: Deconstructing food security for improved measurement and action
Build it back better: Deconstructing food security for improved measurement and action
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DOI：
10.1016/j.gfs.2013.05.002
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发表时间：
2013-09-01
影响因子：
8.9
通讯作者：
Coates, Jennifer
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作者：
Coates, Jennifer
1990年代，在广泛接受的定义中，概念要素的数量激增，衡量粮食安全的挑战变得越来越棘手。最近在制定简单有效的“粮食获取”措施方面取得了值得称赞的进展。然而，大多数使用者交替使用单一指标，只反映整个概念的一部分。与其将“粮食不安全”作为一个单一的概念来处理，不如将粮食安全评估和行动分解为“供应、获取和利用支柱”之外的明确界定的层面，这样会更有效。国际公认的定义和人种学文献支持五个方面的分离：（1）粮食充足（2）营养充足（3）文化可接受性（4）安全性（5）确定性和稳定性。本文追溯了粮食安全概念的演变，并通过21世纪世纪的第一个十年的措施，提出了代表这五个方面的指标，并强调了新的度量标准的发展是必要的。(C)2013爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
The challenge of measuring food security became increasingly thorny during the 1990s, when the number of conceptual elements proliferated in widely accepted definitions. There have been commendable recent advances in the development of simple, valid measures of "food access". Yet most users apply single indicators interchangeably and capture only a portion of the full concept. Rather than tackling 'food insecurity as a monolithic concept, food security assessment and action would be more effective if deconstructed into well-defined dimensions beyond the "availability, access, and utilization pillars". Internationally recognized definitions and ethnographic literature support the isolation of five dimensions: (1) food sufficiency (2) nutrient adequacy (3) cultural acceptability, (4) safety, (5) certainty and stability. This paper traces the evolution of food security concepts and measures up through the first decade of the 21st century, proposes indicators to represent these five dimensions, and highlights areas where the development of new metrics is warranted. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.