Rethinking Food Insecurity Assessment Methods: Evidence from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

doi: https://doi.org/10.35536/lje.2023.v28.i2.a3

Mohsin Khan and Zhang Yanxia

Abstract

Keywords

Food insecurity, internally displaced persons, female-headed households, Food Consumption Score (FCS), Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS),Minimum Dietary Energy Intake Requirement (MDER).

Citation:

“Khan, M., and Yanxia, Z. (2024). Rethinking Food Insecurity Assessment Methods: Evidence from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.” Lahore Journal of Economics, 28(2), 41–76.

https://doi.org/10.35536/lje.2023.v28.i2.a3

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