Food Security, Poverty and Nutrition Policy Analysis Statistical Methods and Applications / Suresh C. Babu, Shailendra N. Gajanan, Prabuddha Sanyal.

• Section I: Food Security Policy Analysis -- 1. Introduction to Food Security: Concepts and Measurement -- 2. Implications of Technological Change, Post-Harvest Technology, and Technology Adoption for Improved Food Security : Application of t-Statistic -- 3. Effects of Commercialization of Agriculture (Shift from Traditional Crop to Cash Crop) on Food Consumption and Nutrition—Application of Chi-Square Statistic -- 4. Effects of Technology Adoption and Gender of Household Head: The Issue, Its Importance in Food Security : Application of Cramer’s V and Phi Coefficient -- 5. Changes in Food Consumption Patterns: Its Importance to Food Security : Application of One-Way ANOVA -- 6. Impact of Market Access on Food Security: Application of Factor Analysis -- Section II: Nutrition Policy Analysis -- 7. Impact of Maternal Education and Care on Preschoolers’ Nutrition—Application of Two-Way ANOVA -- 8. Indicators and Causal Factors of Nutrition—Application of Correlation Analysis -- 9. Effects of Individual, Household, and Community Indicators on Child’s Nutritional Status—Application of Simple Linear Regression -- 10. Maternal Education and Community Characteristics as Indicators of Nutritional Status of Children—Application of Multivariate Regression -- Section III: Special Topics on Poverty, Nutrition and Food Policy Analysis -- 11. Predicting Child Nutritional Status Using Related Socioeconomic Variables—Application of Discriminant Function Analysis -- 12. Measurement and Determinants of Poverty—Application of Logistic Regression Models -- 13. Classifying Households On Food Security and Poverty Dimensions—Application of K-Mean Cluster Analysis -- 14. Household Care as a Determinant of Nutritional Status—Application of Instrumental Variable Estimation -- 15. Achieving an Ideal Diet—Modeling with Linear Programming -- 16. Food and Nutrition Program Evaluation -- Section IV-- Appendix 1. Introduction to Software Access and Use -- Appendix 2. Software Information -- Appendix 3. SPSS/PC+ Environment and Commands -- Appendix 4. Data Handling -- Appendix 5. SPSS Programming Basics -- Appendix 6. STATA: A Basic Tutorial -- Appendix 7. Anthropometric Indicators—Computation and Use -- Appendix 8. Elements of Matrix Algebra -- Appendix 9. Some Preliminary Statistical Concepts -- Appendix 10. Instrumental Variable Estimation. 

• Food insecurity, the lack of access at all times to the food needed for an active and healthy life, continues to be a growing problem as populations increase while the world economy struggles. Formulating effective policies for addressing these issues requires thorough understanding of the empirical data and application of appropriate measurement and analysis of that information. Food Security, Poverty and Nutrition Policy Analysis, 2nd edition has been revised and updated to include hands-on examples and real-world case studies using the latest datasets, tools and methods. Providing a proven framework for developing applied policy analysis skills, this book is based on over 30 years of food and nutrition policy research at the International Food Policy Research Institute and has been used worldwide to impart the combined skills of statistical data analysis, computer literacy and their use in developing policy alternatives. This book provides core information in a format that provides not only the concept behind the method, but real-world applications giving the reader valuable, practical knowledge.

Subject headings

Fattigdom  (sao)

Statistisk metod  (sao)

Food security.  (LCSH)

Food supply  -- Mathematical models (LCSH)

Nutrition policy  -- Decision making -- Statistical methods (LCSH)

MEDICAL / Epidemiology 

MEDICAL / Health Policy 

MEDICAL / Health Risk Assessment 

MEDICAL / Nutrition 

MEDICAL / Public Health 

MEDICAL / Research 

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy 

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare 

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food (see also POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food 

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries 

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues 

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness 

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science 

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture 

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science 

Poverty  (LCSH)

Statistics  (LCSH)

Genre

Electronic books 

Keyword

Qade Världsekonomi

Publication and Content Type

338.9 (DDC)

Qade (kssb/8)