food insecurity in African and Southeast Asian countriesThis article offers a measure of food insecurity. Its purpose is to capture the idea that the concept of food insecurity is inherently forward-looking. We
Not long ago, food insecurity in the United States was thought of mainly in terms of "food deserts," which were based largely on a measure of a person's geographical distance from places that sold affordable, healthy food. The US Department of Agriculture came out with a detailedfood desert...
Agriculture contributes 12 to 50% of GHG emissions (depending on how and what you measure: including all the components as outlined in the first chapter gives a larger result). In production, there are various sources of greenhouse gasses emitted, mainly carbon and methane. Carbon is released ...
Keep in mind that using income thresholds is just one way that countries measure poverty. How To Reduce Poverty The United Nations and the World Bank are major advocates of reducing world poverty. The World Bank has an ambitious target of reducing poverty to less than 3% of the global populat...
it can be difficult to measure specific metrics of a program’s success from a traditional health perspective. On the business side, nutrition benefits are rarely evaluated against traditional business goals, such as health-plan quality, cost of care, and member retention. Wh...
•• What outcome could be used to measure differences in terms of outcomes in health care systems around the world? Panel 5. Outcomes after surgical interventions from a legal and ethical perspective •• What outcomes should be measured to assess outcome quality from a normative (ethical...
Howexactlydoes media impact us? And what effect does it have on your business or brand? That’s where a media impactdata analysiscomes in handy. Here’s what media impact means for businesses, along with tips on how to measure it. ...
understand the baseline health status of employees and the value at stake, develop initiatives for a sustainable healthy workforce, pilot interventions to test and learn, track three to five metrics to measure success, ensure leadership commitment and sponsorship, and embed employee health into...
For example, in the Global Agricultural Monitoring (GLAM) System, a user can assess current season crop conditions by comparing the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) time series of the current year (a measure of vegetation condition throughout the year) to that of a typical year or...
Learn more about how meal delivery services under SSBCI helps in addressing the food insecurity among community members. Read this blog to know more about embracing digital healthcare solutions to improve health outcomes.