Assessing Food Security in Tanzania in the Next Decade

Abstract

<p>CARD economist Beghin and USDA ERS have been collaborating to advance USDA ERS’ annual <em>International Food Security Assessment</em>. The <em>Assessment</em> provides a 10-year outlook of the state of food insecurity in 76 low- and middle-income countries with a strong focus on the interface between income distribution within the population and food insecurity.</p> <p>This collaboration with CARD brings a more systematic approach into the <em>Assessment</em> by introducing price information, price and income responses in consumption, which vary by level of poverty, food quality heterogeneity across income deciles, and consistent aggregation of the demand by deciles into a market demand. The new approach relies on a food demand system consisting of four categories (major grain, other grains, roots and tuber, and an aggregate all other food) in grain equivalent.</p>