Food security and poverty in Mexico: the impact of higher global food prices

Dávila, Osiel González

doi:10.1007/s12571-010-0077-0

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“…Fourteen of these were excluded, as they did not measure food security explicitly (e.g. [ 45 , 46 ] or the food security indicator/method of measurement was not described (e.g. [ 47 ] or they used ‘inappropriate’ indicators that do not capture at least one of the four food security dimensions (e.g.…”

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A systematic literature review of indicators measuring food security

2023

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Measurement is critical for assessing and monitoring food security. Yet, it is difficult to comprehend which food security dimensions, components, and levels the numerous available indicators reflect. We thus conducted a systematic literature review to analyse the scientific evidence on these indicators to comprehend the food security dimensions and components covered, intended purpose, level of analysis, data requirements, and recent developments and concepts applied in food security measurement. Data analysis of 78 articles shows that the household-level calorie adequacy indicator is the most frequently used (22%) as a sole measure of food security. The dietary diversity-based (44%) and experience-based (40%) indicators also find frequent use. The food utilisation (13%) and stability (18%) dimensions were seldom captured when measuring food security, and only three of the retrieved publications measured food security by considering all the four food security dimensions. The majority of the studies that applied calorie adequacy and dietary diversity-based indicators employed secondary data whereas most of the studies that applied experience-based indicators employed primary data, suggesting the convenience of collecting data for experience-based indicators than dietary-based indicators. We confirm that the estimation of complementary food security indicators consistently over time can help capture the different food security dimensions and components, and experience-based indicators are more suitable for rapid food security assessments. We suggest practitioners to integrate food consumption and anthropometry data in regular household living standard surveys for more comprehensive food security analysis. The results of this study can be used by food security stakeholders such as governments, practitioners and academics for briefs, teaching, as well as policy-related interventions and evaluations.

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A systematic literature review of indicators measuring food security

2023

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“…Studies of food expenditures have been conducted by some scholars, but the majority focuses on the composition of food consumed and its relationship with income [22,23], economic growth [24,25], as well as urbanization [5,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32]. In addition, other studies showed the relationship between food consumption composition with poverty [33][34][35] and unemployment [36][37][38][39][40] showing that both issues limit people's ability to consume more various and healthier food. It should be of concern that currently, the connection among regions has been increased extensively; thus, the flow of goods and people, including food products, has become more intense.…”

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Spatial Analysis of Socio-Economic Driving Factors of Food Expenditure Variation between Provinces in Indonesia

2020

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Food security has become one of the global challenges; therefore, monitoring food consumption is required. As food consumption is a resultant of food availability at an affordable price, food expenditure actually is a key indicator to assess food security policy. Particularly, the link of food expenditure with socio-economic factors based on the perspective of spatial connectivity should be understood as nowadays food supply and demand between regions are increasingly connected. This study aims to define socio-economic driving factors of food expenditure that considering spatial connectivity between provinces in Indonesia. Data of household food expenditure and socio-economic factors by province including urbanization level, economic growth, gross domestic regional product (GDRP) per capita, poverty severity index, and unemployment rate were used. The preliminary test on the spatial correlation of food expenditure showed a significant result; thus, a spatial regression approach was employed. The results showed that declining food expenditure did not simply indicate increasing prosperity. Larger income disparity among the poor has become crucial to detect lower food expenditure caused by a lack of income. In addition, the increasing unemployment rate was followed by increasing food expenditure. Despite economic growth, increasing GDRP per capita and urbanization contributing to declining food expenditure, both poverty and unemployment are the main issues that threaten household's ability to afford food. Furthermore, the effect of food expenditure in the neighboring region is also significant, but it shows a contradictory relationship as food expenditure in a region is decreasing when food expenditure in its neighbors is increasing, and vice versa. Therefore, reducing disparities in economic growth, GDRP per capita, urbanization, poverty, and unemployment rate between provinces is also crucial to support more equal food expenditure as well as to achieve the second goal of SDG's (Sustainable Development Goals) in improving food security.

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“…The only study utilizing Mexican household survey data for two different years is González Dávila (), which focusing on corn prices, finds an evident decay in household living standards from 2006 to 2008. These results show that the poorest rural and urban households, net buyers of corn, were the most affected as their budget share on corn increased significantly.…”

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Household Consumption Response to Food Price Shocks and the Vulnerability of the Poor in Mexico

Avalos

2015

J. Int. Dev.

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Abstract:Using Mexican household level data, this paper examines the consumption response to the world food price shocks of 2006-2008 and 2010-2012 and assesses the vulnerability of poor rural and urban households. The analysis allows for substitution among food and non-food consumption groups, rather than substitution only within food consumption groups as most of the current literature has done it. Evidence shows that poor households made adjustments in their budget shares beyond the theoretically predicted as they tried to mitigate the negative welfare impacts of the food price shocks. Findings also show that most urban and rural poor households are net food buyers and thus vulnerable to food price hikes.

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Food security and poverty in Mexico: the impact of higher global food prices

Cited by 18 publications

References 7 publications

A systematic literature review of indicators measuring food security

A systematic literature review of indicators measuring food security

Spatial Analysis of Socio-Economic Driving Factors of Food Expenditure Variation between Provinces in Indonesia

Household Consumption Response to Food Price Shocks and the Vulnerability of the Poor in Mexico

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