Journal article

Publication year: 2013

Pages: 353-362

Journal: Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volume number: 41

Issue number: 4

ISSN: 1077-727X

eISSN: 1552-3934

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/fcsr.12023

Publisher: Wiley

Abstract: 
One main focus of the section “nutrition security” of the Center for
International Development and Environmental Research (ZEU) of Justus
Liebig University in Giessen, Germany, is the analysis of the causes and
effects of food insecurity and of deficiency and malnutrition in
developing and transforming countries and also of poverty groups in
western society. Research is based on a livelihood system approach that
is meant to mirror the complexity of food security and nutrition in an
extensive context. Researchers examine the food supply, nutritional
situation, and behavior at the microeconomic level as explained by the
households and families with regard to food insecurity and coping
strategies. A primary focus is the intrahousehold dynamic from a gender
perspective, with a regional focus on Africa. Nutrition scientists with a
socioeconomic expertise are working on the projects described in this
article. This outlook indicates that international development
cooperation is needed to strengthen research with households.

Harvard Citation style: Leonhäuser, I. (2013) Food and Nutrition Security: Examples of International Development Work in Sub-Saharan African Regions, Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 41(4), pp. 353-362. https://doi.org/10.1111/fcsr.12023

APA Citation style: Leonhäuser, I. (2013). Food and Nutrition Security: Examples of International Development Work in Sub-Saharan African Regions. Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal. 41(4), 353-362. https://doi.org/10.1111/fcsr.12023