Estimating effects of constraints on food security in Malawi: policy lessons from regressions quantiles

This paper examines food insecurity in Malawi. Conceiving food security as tridimensional, it is shown using Quantile, logistic, and OLS regressions that food security in Malawi is a function of both supply and demand factors. Specifically, food security as proxied by dietary diversity, reported foo...

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Main Authors:	Matchaya, Greenwell C., Chilonda, Pius
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	2012
Subjects:	food security households assets ownership farming systems farmers farm income economic aspects statistical methods quantitative analysis economic analysis regression analysis models crop production cash crops
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40369