Construction of a Farm-Level Food Security Index: Case Study of Turkish Dairy Farms
Gökçe Koç,
Ayşe Uzmay
Abstract:Food security continues to be a global concern and its importance has recently increased for many reasons. Composite food security indices have been widely used to calculate and monitor food security, but farm-level studies are limited. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to construct a Farm-level Food Security Index (FFSI) for dairy farms to assess their contribution to food security, identify potential areas for improvement and guide policy makers. Data were collected from 126 farms in the Thrace … Show more
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