Food Security and Rural Development

Food securityPart I) FOOD SECURITY: BASIC CONCEPTS Understanding Food Insecurity. Key Features, Indicators, and Response Design. Maria Sassi. Published by Springer. ISBN: 9783319703626. (Chapter 1)Part II) FOOD SECURITY ANALYSIS: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS -Understanding Food Insecurity. Key Features, Indicators, and Response Design. Maria Sassi. Published by Springer. ISBN: 9783319703626. (Chapter 2)To integrate with the following materials (available on web)-The Household Economy Approach. A guide for programme planners and policy-makers. Penny Holzmann, with Tanya Boudreau, Julius Holt and Mark Lawrence (FEG Consulting), and Michael O¿Donnell (Save the Children) (Chapters 1, 2)-Sustainable livelihoods guidance sheets. Department for International Development (DFID). 94 Victoria Street, London SW1E 5JL. (Chapters 1, 2)-RIMA-II Resilience index measurement and analysis. Analyzing Resilience for better targeting and action. FAO (Chapters 1, 2, 3)Part III) INSTRUMENTS FOR FOOD SECURITY ANALYSIS: INFORMATION SYSTEMS & DATA-Understanding Food Insecurity. Key Features, Indicators, and Response Design. Maria Sassi. Published by Springer. ISBN: 9783319703626. (Chapter 3)-This content must be integrated with the information collected on the following websites (see detailed syllabus for the specific topics)-FAO-GIEWS; -USAID FEWS-NET; -WFP-VAM Part IV) INSTRUMENTS FOR FOOD SECURITY ANALYSIS: INDICATORS and Part V) INSTRUMENTS FOR FOOD SECURITY ANALYSIS: HOUSEHOLD SURVEY-Understanding Food Insecurity. Key Features, Indicators, and Response Design. Maria Sassi. Published by Springer. ISBN: 9783319703626. (Chapter 4)-Jones, AD, Ngure, FM, Pelto, G et al. (2013) What are we assessing when we measure food security? A compendium and review of current metrics. Adv Nutr 4, 481¿505.-Carletto C, Zezza A, Banerjee R. Towards better measurement of household food security: Harmonizing indicators and the role of household surveys. Glob Food Sec 2013;2:30-40.-Pérez-Escamilla, R., Gubert, M.B., Rogers, B., Hromi-Fiedler, A., 2017. Food security measurement and governance: assessment of the usefulness of diverse food insecurity indicators for policy makers. Global Food Security.Part VI) FOOD SECURITY ANALYSIS: THE WFP APPROACH-Following the detailed syllabus visit the WFP website Part VII) MARKET ANALYSIS & FOOD SECURITY -Market Analysis Framework. Tools and Applications for Food Security Analysis and Decision-Making. December 2011, World Food Programme. (available on web) (Chapter 1, 2, 4.1)-Structure-Conduct-Performance and Food Security, FEWS NET Markets Guidance, No 2. May 2008 (available on web) (General overview)-Time-Series Reference Manual. Publisher: Stata Press. Copyright: 2017. ISBN-13: 978-1-59718-254-6. (available on web). (General overview of the following commands: dfuller, varsoc, vecrank, vecm; varbasic, vargranger; regress) References materialsRural Development-Ray, Debraj (1998), Development Economics, Princeton University Press-OECD (2016), A New Rural Development Paradigm for the 21st Century: A Toolkit for Developing Countries, Development Centre Studies, OECD Publishing, Paris.-Keeley, B. (2015), Income Inequality: The Gap between Rich and Poor, OECD Insights, OECD Publishing, Paris-Duflo, E. (2006), Field experiments in development economics. Econometric Society Monographs 42: 322.-Falco, C., Kong, D., Rotondi, V., & Spelta, V. (2016). Investment, Insurance and Weather Shocks: Evidence from a Lab Experiment in Cambodia (No. 2016-10).