USDA operates several food assistance programs aimed at alleviating food insecurity. We study whether participation in both SNAP and WIC alleviates food insecurity compared with participation in SNAP alone. We bound underlying causal effects by applying nonparametric treatment effect methods that...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture operates several food assistance programs aimed at alleviating food insecurity. We study whether participation in both participation in both SNAP and WIC alleviates food insecurity compared with participation in SNAP alone. We bound underlying causal effects by...

A broad overview of the current character of food insecurity of developing countries is presented. Focusing specifically on chronic rather than transitory food insecurity to questions are addressed: where are the food insecure, and why are they food insecure. A conceptual framework for...

This article examines how the the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) food programmes affect body weight and the risk of overweight. The major programmes include the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme (SNAP), Special Supplemental Nutrition Programme for Women, Infants, and Children...

This paper examines the interaction among food stamps, labour force participation, and food insecurity status of low-income households in the USA under different programme designs and economic conditions. A simultaneous equation model with three probit equations links the programmes, workforce...

This article considers interaction among participation in the Food Stamp Program (FSP), food security status, and the composition of food expenditures. A quadratic almost ideal demand system with a bootstrapping two-step method of estimation is applied to data from the 1999 Current Population...

At the 1996 World Food Summit, 186 countries made a commitment to reduce the number of chronically undernourished people by half by 2015. In order to formulate effective policies for reaching this goal, a thorough understanding of the location and causes of food insecurity is needed. This paper...

This paper reviews the statistical properties of the model used to obtain estimates of the prevalence and severity of poverty-linked food insecurity and hunger in the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has annually sponsored data collection efforts to obtain information on food...

Following an introduction by the moderator, C. E. Hess, a resource paper entitled 'Food prices: the need for an African solution to an African problem' by Rukuni is presented. Sections cover the food crisis, the urgent need for agricultural development, the political economy of food and agriculture ...

Over the last decade, new information has been developed and collected to measure the extent of food insecurity and hunger in the USA. Common measurement of the phenomenon of hunger and food insecurity has become possible through efforts of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop a set ...