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dc.creatorOmosa, Mary
dc.date2011-05-03T15:00:41Z
dc.date2011-05-03T15:00:41Z
dc.date1999
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-10T13:23:25Z
dc.date.available2012-11-10T13:23:25Z
dc.date.issued10-11-12
dc.identifierOmosa, Mary. (1999) Food security trends: a situational analysis of food supply differentials in rural Kenya. Discussion Paper 300, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi
dc.identifierhttp://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/780
dc.identifier300211
dc.identifier.urihttp://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/handle/123456789/2001
dc.descriptionThis paper looks at food security trends at three different levels; national, district and household. The paper aims to go beyond the conventionalist view of food security by focusing on the dynamics that characterise the apparent differentials in access to adequate food. The central argument is that obtaining adequate food is a function of interactions, negotiations and social struggles and the extent to which some succeed (and others fail) in their search for adequate food is bound to vary even in situations that appear similar. The paper thus concludes that food security and attendant policies must be conceptualised and defined in the context of people's actual experiences. In essence, therefore, food security goes beyond numbers as it includes the existence of social networks and the capacity to juggle opportunities.
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInstitute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi
dc.relationDiscussion Papers;300
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
dc.rightsInstitute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi
dc.subjectEconomic Development
dc.titleFood security trends: a situational analysis of food supply differentials in rural Kenya
dc.typeSeries paper (non-IDS)


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