This guide is intended to help you find resources for food security research and information from
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FAO - Food security is “a situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.” - 2015, The State of Food Insecurity in the World
USDA - "Access by all people at all times to enough nutritious food for an active, healthy life."
Lebanon Spatial
Lebanon Spatial is a data atlas launched by the Food Security Program at the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). This mapping project seeks to make data on development and food security more available, user-friendly, and intuitive for users. Lebanon Spatial supports the dissemination of information and data on food security, for easier use by the general public, policymakers, and researchers. News of the launch may be found here.
Reference books such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks and biographies help you find factual and background information about your topic.
It is advisable to look at more than one source of information to get the most information and to have a more balanced view of the topic.
Google and Wikipedia could be good places to start your search for general and initial ideas about your topic. But you will always have to use Library resources to get more credible information.
Agriculture & Food Security from 2012 to present published by BioMed Central
Agronomy for Sustainable Development from 2007 to present published by Springer
Food & Energy Security from 2012 to present published by Wiley
Food Policy from 1975 to present published by Elsevier
Food Security from 2009 to present published by Springer
Global Food Security from 2012 to present published by Elsevier
If you have the citation of an article, use Citation Linker
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go to Journal Finder and type the journal name to see if the library has the full-text of the article.
Start at the University Libraries Home Page, go to Databases and select Food Security, or Multidisciplinary from the drop down menu under 'All Subjects'.
I. Search the Library Catalog to find books and other materials available at the University Libraries.
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FAO: Lebanon
- Food security statistics (food security indicators)
- Food availability, access and utilization
- Nutrition profile (includes a section on food security)
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