This course aims to evaluate the global panorama of food insecurity, its main causes, as well as to evaluate the driving elements of change in terms of food security and the main health consequences of malnutrition, in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals.

1. Introduction to food insecurity and food access

2. The household and access to food

3. Diversity and local and international trade

4. Public policies and governance

5. Food waste and the donation of rescued food

6. Food insecurity quantification

• Ackerman-Leist P (2013), Rebuilding the Foodshed: How to Create Local, Sustainable, and Secure Food Systems, Post Carbon Institute, USA.
• FAO, WFP, IFAD (2012), The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012, Economic growth is necessary but not sufficient to accelerate reduction of hunger and malnutrition, FAO, Rome.
• FAO, IFAD, WFP (2013), The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2013, The multiple dimensions of food security, FAO, Rome.
• FAO, IFAD, WFP (2014). The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014, Strengthening the enabling environment for food security and nutrition, FAO, Rome.
• McDonald BL (2010), Food Security, Polity Press, UK.
• OECD (2013), Global Food Security: Challenges for the Food and Agricultural System, OECD Publishing, Paris.
• Production, F., Cervantes-Godoy, D., Dewbre, J., PIN, Amegnaglo, C. J., Soglo, Y. Y., … Swanson, B. E. (2017). The Future of Food and Agriculture:Trends and Challenges. In FAO. Rome.
• Reardon, T. (2015). The hidden middle: The quiet revolution in the midstream of agrifood value chains in developing countries. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 31(1), 45-63.

E-learning

Evaluation is conducted on an individual basis and involves a combination of two modes: continuous assessment (60%) and final evaluation (40%). Further information can be found in the Learning Agreement for the curricular unit.