Food Security Measurements and Indicators

Increasing Resilience of Food Production Systems Resilience is defined as the ability to cope with or adapt to stress, or as the capacity to persist in the face of change (Burton, 2012); (a) reducing vulnerability through sustainable agriculture; (b) developing guidelines, enforcing laws and regulations; (c) strengthening early warning, vulnerability information and forecasting systems; (d) establishing collaborative partnerships and institutional arrangements; and (e) adopting quantitative risk and impact assessment procedures.

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