Food security, poverty, and nutrition policy analysis : statistical methods and applications /

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 agricultur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: International Food Policy Research Institute
Otros Autores: Babu, Suresh Chandra, Sanyal, Prabuddha
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington, MA : Academic Press, 2009.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Food supply > Mathematical models.
Nutrition policy > Decision making > Statistical methods.
Politique alimentaire > Prise de d�ecision > M�ethodes statistiques.
Aliments > Approvisionnement > Mod�eles math�ematiques.
Food supply > Mathematical models
voedselzekerheid
food security
beleid inzake voedsel
food policy
voedingsbeleid
nutrition policy
armoede
poverty
gegevensanalyse
data analysis
beslissingsondersteunende systemen
decision support systems
toegepaste statistiek
applied statistics
Food Security
Voedselzekerheid
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  • 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 : the issue and 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.

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