Abstract
Food security (FS) is influenced by primarily financial but also sociodemographic factors. Identification of correlates of food insecurity (FI) is a crucial issue in the context of achieving sustainable development goals. The aims of the study were: (1) to recognize FI in the selected Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, (2) to examine common socioeconomic and demographic characteristics for FI. The analysis used the set of eight-item FI indicators adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization, applying the Gallup World Poll survey data from 2017 to 2019. Multinomial logistic regressions were used to examine FI at mild and moderate or severe levels compared with FS. Differences in the profiles of FI were observed in analyzed countries: Poland, Lithuania and Slovakia. Lithuanians experienced the lowest FS, and Slovaks the highest. The FI status was associated with education, gender, age, household composition and income. It was found that the impact of these factors was not the same in the examined countries. Differences in profiles of FI in CEE countries indicate the need to analyze the problem individually for each country. Identifying groups particularly vulnerable to FI may allow appropriate targeting of instruments counteracting FI and adapt them to people with different characteristics.
Highlights
Published: 18 August 2021Ending global hunger and all forms of malnutrition is the most pressing global challenge [1]
We found that food insecurity (FI) rates decreased with increasing severity
Our study revealed the presence of the FI problem in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries and its various forms, which shows that the topic is timely and important in the context of achieving sustainable development
Summary
Published: 18 August 2021Ending global hunger and all forms of malnutrition is the most pressing global challenge [1]. Current per capita global food production is estimated at 2796 kcal per individual per day, which is more than the minimum dietary energy requirement for adults [2], the global hunger rate is about one in ten people. Global estimates suggest that at current trajectories, all of these forms of malnutrition will increase globally from one in three persons in 2017 to one in two persons by 2030 [1]. It seems that it is not an insufficient global food production, but rather its inadequate distribution and utilization, that contributes to the problem of hunger and food insecurity. The need for urgent global remedial action has been included in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
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