| Summary: | Despite development of numerous food security measures for humanitarian emergency
programs, there is limited research on which food security measures complement each other.
A comparative analysis of household food security measures, that is, household hunger scale,
food consumption score, and consolidated approach for reporting food security indicators,
utilizing Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee 2014 Rural Livelihoods Assessment
data, was conducted in Zimbabwe. According to the results, the household hunger score
produced the least levels of food insecurity, followed by the consolidated approach for
reporting food security indicators while the food consumption score produced the highest food
insecurity prevalence. The consolidated approach for reporting food security indicators is
recommended for supporting long-term chronic food insecurity interventions and the
household hunger score for food security assessments to inform emergency relief. Further
research is required to refine and contextualize the food consumption score cut-off points to
rural Zimbabwe
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