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Reducing the risk of food and nutrition insecurity among vulnerable populations

Vulnerable populations are minimally resilient to shocks, whether caused by humans or natural disasters. Emerging threats and new trends—such as climate change, population growth, aging societies, urbanization, infectious as well as noncommunicable diseases, and environmental degradation—are bound t...

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Main Authors: Geleta, Bekele, Ameri, Goli, Amdemariam, Kiflemariam, Fan, Shenggen, Stein, Alexander J., Olofinbiyi, Tolulope
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies 2012
Subjects:
food security
food insecurity
nutrition security
social safety nets
shock
smallholders
farmers
social protection
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153924
Summary:Vulnerable populations are minimally resilient to shocks, whether caused by humans or natural disasters. Emerging threats and new trends—such as climate change, population growth, aging societies, urbanization, infectious as well as noncommunicable diseases, and environmental degradation—are bound to aggravate the consequences of shocks on already vulnerable populations by triggering damage, loss, and displacement. Such threats pose an additional hurdle to the stated policy objective of the international community to eradicate hunger and malnutrition.

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