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Using a conceptual framework for exploring representative problems, this book presents information on identifying and implementing appropriate methods of measurement and analysis, examples of policy applications based on case-studies, and insight into the multi-disciplinary requirements of successful implementation.
List of contents
Preface
Introduction
Section I: Food Security Policy Analysis
Introduction to Section I: Food Security Policy Analysis
Chapter 1. Introduction to Food Security: Concepts and Measurement
Chapter 2. Implications of Technological Change, Post-Harvest Technology and Technology Adoption for Improved Food Security- Application of t- Statistic
Chapter 3. Effects of Commercialization of Agriculture (Shift from Traditional Crop
to Cash Crop) on Food Consumption and Nutrition- Application of Chi-square
Statistic
Chapter 4. Effects of Commercialization of Agriculture or Technology Adoption
and Gender of Household Head: The Issue, its Importance in Food Security -
Application of Cramer's V and Phi Coefficient Chapter 5. Changes in Food Consumption Patterns: The Issue and its Importance to
Food Security - Application of One-way ANOVA
Chapter 6. Impact of Market Access on Food Security - Application of Factor
analysis
Section II: Nutrition Policy Analysis
Introduction to Section II: Nutrition Policy Analysis
Chapter 7. Impact of Maternal Education and Care on Preschoolers' Nutrition - Application of Two-way ANOVA
Chapter 8. Indicators and Causal Factors of Nutrition - Application of Correlation Analysis
Chapter 9. Effects of Individual, Household and Community Indicators on Child's Nutritional Status - Application of Simple Linear Regression Chapter 10. Female 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
Introduction to Section III: Special Topics on Poverty, Nutrition and Food Policy Analysis
Chapter 11. Predicting Child Nutritional Status Using related Socio-economic
Variables - Application of Discriminant Function Analysis
Chapter 12. Measurement and Determinants of Poverty- Application of Logistic Regression Models
Chapter 13. Classifying Households on Food Security and Poverty Dimensions - Application of K-mean Cluster Analysis
Chapter 14. Household Care as a Determinant of Nutritional Status- Application of Instrumental Variable Estimation
Chapter 15. Achieving an Ideal Diet - Modeling with Linear Programming
Technical Appendices
Statistical Tables
Bibilography
