Methods and options to monitor the cost and affordability of a healthy diet globally

dc.creatorHerforth, A.; Venkat, A.; Bai, Y.; Costlow, L.; Holleman, C.; Masters, W.A.;
dc.date2023-04-27T13:55:10Z
dc.date2023-04-27T13:55:10Z
dc.date2022
dc.date2023-06-19T18:33:52.0000000Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T21:23:01Z
dc.descriptionFAO is focusing its attention on the pursuit of healthy diets and transformations of agrifood systems to ensure healthy diets are affordable for all. Measuring and systematically monitoring the cost and affordability of healthy diets and making progress towards ensuring the affordability of healthy diets is of upmost importance and is urgently needed. To this end, FAO is committed to institutionalize the computation of the least-cost healthy diet, and the corresponding affordability indicator, and to publish updated estimates in the annual The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, as well as provide the full data series on FAOSTAT. This background paper to <a href="https://doi.org/10.4060/cc0639en"><i>The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 report</i></a> presents the new methodological refinements applied in the estimation of the average cost of a healthy diet. This is an important methodological update as it results in a more robust indicator that provides greater transparency and supports long-term systematic monitoring utilizing annually updated price data. The paper then explores potential mechanisms and data sources for monitoring globally the cost of a healthy diet.
dc.format52 p.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifier2521-1838
dc.identifier978-92-5-136690-5
dc.identifier2664-5785
dc.identifierhttps://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/CC1169EN
dc.identifierhttp://www.fao.org/3/cc1169en/cc1169en.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/221533
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherFAO ;
dc.relationFAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper
dc.relationNo. 22-03
dc.rightsFAO
dc.titleMethods and options to monitor the cost and affordability of a healthy diet globally
dc.titleBackground paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022
dc.typeBook (series)

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