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Food security and economic growth interact in a commonly reinforcing process over the course of development. It is only in modern times that entire societies have achieved food security. Before that, it was only privileged members of society who were able to escape from chronic hunger and the constant threat of famine. Rich countries have little to fear from hunger. Consumers often have a considerable buffer of non-food expenditures to rely on, even if food prices rise sharply. It is well-known that in a market economy, the rich do not starve. Wars, riots, hurricanes and floods can disrupt the smooth functioning of markets, and all in their wake can perish. Rich societies usually have the ability to prevent or alleviate such catastrophes, social or natural. Food security in rich societies is simply part of a broader net of social securities (Timmer, 2004).
Using a demographic perspective would change the analysis that Jenkins and Scanlan did because it would be based more upon the location and...
The demographic perspective looks at what resources are already available or not while the factors that Jenkins and Scanlan used where more about things that could be done and provided if need be. With the demographic perspective the actual location of the country and their per capita wealth would be the major determining factors in decided whether the country had food security or not. This is more of a reactive process in terms of this is what is available and how to use it as opposed to Jenkins and Scanlan who proposed more of a proactive process. They looked at what could be done to improve things in the future regards of what was available now.
References
Jenkins, J. Craig and Scanlan, Stephen J. (2001). Food Security in Less Developed Countries,
1970 to 1990. American Sociological Review. 66(5), pp. 718-744.
Timmer, C. Peter. (2004). Food Security and Economic Growth: an Asian perspective. Retrieved February 1, 2010, from Web site:
http://www.cgdev.org/doc/commentary/timmer_food%20and%20securitypdf.pdf
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