Exploring food security/insecurity determinants within Venezuela's complex humanitarian emergency.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The complex humanitarian emergency that Venezuela has been going through for several years has deteriorated the quality of life of its citizens, deepened food insecurity in households and has promoted migratory movements of almost six million people to neighboring countries.

Objective

To analyze food security in Venezuelan households to identify the determinant factors that might contribute to the design of evidence-based public policies.

Materials and methods

A non-probabilistic survey of national scope was used in 2,041 urban and non-urban households. A descriptive statistical test was performed to analyze demographic variables and the three component indicators of the food security index (FSI): food consumption, economic vulnerability and coping strate

SUBMITTER: Herrera-Cuenca M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10954010 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature