FOOD Insecurity and Stochastic Aspects of Poverty

Anderson, Jock and Roumasset, James (1996): FOOD Insecurity and Stochastic Aspects of Poverty. Published in: Asian Journal of Agricultural Economics , Vol. 2, No. 1 (1996): pp. 53-66.

Abstract

Most works on food security have a macroeconomic orientation, whereas most discussions of famine are rather microeconomic. The intention here is to seek a more unified approach to the economic issues in food insecurity among low-income rural households.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Food insecurity, poverty
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics > D13 - Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q18 - Agricultural Policy ; Food Policy

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