@article{Jacobs:58214,
      recid = {58214},
      author = {Jacobs, Peter T.},
      title = {The status of household food security targets in South  Africa},
      journal = {Agrekon},
      address = {2009-12-31},
      number = {346-2016-16200},
      pages = {24},
      month = {Dec},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {This article investigates the conceptual and  methodological challenges to develop a set of baseline  indicators for South African food security targets. A food  security target is a well-defined and measurable goal to  reduce the numbers of people who lack enough food of the  right quality to live healthy lives. To derive baseline  indicators for household food security, the following  question is asked: what is the average cost of a  nutritionally adequate food basket per person? The cost of  recommended nutrient intake is based on estimates of  dietary energy costs. Reported food expenditure for each  household based on 2005/2006 Income and Expenditure Survey  data gets compared to two dietary energy cost baskets. The  food expenditure shares of the poorest households vary  between 38% and 71% according to different surveys. At food  expenditure levels reported in the IES, one in five  households meet their average dietary energy cost. Deep  levels of food insecurity exist in rural areas with 85% of  rural households unable to afford even the ‘below average  dietary energy costs’. Food security policy based on  refined baseline indicators can better target food insecure  households. Another policy benefit is that robust  indicators help to develop effective monitoring  capabilities.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/58214},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.58214},
}