L10

Question 1

Food security - 4 factors

Answer 1

• Physical availability of food (domestic production and import)
• Economic and physical access to food
• Food utilization (preferences, social norms, cooking methods, water quality, stress, health)
• Stability over time determined by vulnerability (risk of extreme chock) and resilience (ability to cope with shock)

Question 2

Hidden hunger

Answer 2

Looks like the person is healthy but not enough micronutrition is taken in
Can lead to less concentration, diseases etc.

Question 3

The importance of child nutrition

Answer 3

Can not reach full intellectual and productive capacity
Increase probability to carry diseases or to die
Decrease social, emotional development which decrease school performance and adult stature and work capacity and productivity

Question 4

Forms of malnutrition

Answer 4

Stunting = too short
Overweight
Wasting = too thin

Question 5

Food aid - complexity

Answer 5

Key in terms of emergency but debatable if it is the most efficient mean to address undernutrition

• Costly, especially because of transportation and logistics
• Time consuming
• Country puts less effort on solving food problem is food aid is constantly given

Question 6

food aid - local and regional purchase

Answer 6

Donors goes to country, buy food and go to area where it is needed
Better because:
○ Faster (especially for landlocked countries
○ Cheaper
○ Potential local market-bolstering effects
○ In line with local preferences

Question 7

food aid- pros and cons

Answer 7

+It is more “sticky”, you know what you give
+Gender concerns (women can get the resource)
-Freedom of choice
-Cost
-Undesirable food aid (providing food that can not be consumed because of social norms or religious beliefs)

Question 8

Nutrition supplementation

Answer 8

Provide nutrition supplementation
Decreases child death and stunning
· Fortification = adding micronutrition to stable food during processing
Distribute through supermarkets
-Flavor is altered and consumer do not want to consume goods
-Compounds used to fortify foods may not be stable and can be lost during processing or storage
· Biofortification = biologically alter crops to be more nutritious
Successful