Regional Overview of Food Insecurity: Africa

Regional Overview of Food Insecurity: Africa

African Food Security Prospects Brighter Than Ever

Year of publication 2015

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 35 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-108781-7

Series title The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI)

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) The publication covers key aspects of regional food security and nutrition, including evolution of undernourishment (and other forms of malnutrition) in the region; other indicators that help understand hunger and malnutrition; highlights of policy developments that are relevant (using the Food and Agriculture Policy Decision Analysis [FAPDA] and other monitoring tools); and individual country success stories.

Language English

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French

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