MEASURMENT AND ANALYZES OF POVERTY BY FOOD SECURITY AND FRAGILE GROUPS IN KARBALA COMMUNITY

Abstract

The present paper studies the phenomenon of poverty in the Karbala community. The phenomenon is analyzed according to the premises of the nutritional condition that the survey conducted in 2005 showed. This was based on a vision that that looks at the food security and fragile groups indicators as one of the most significant manifestations of poverty.The paper relied on the inductive approach using quantitative analysis with a theoretical introduction for the phenomenon from the food security and the fragile groups perspective. The contribution of the paper is in the origination of a theoretical knowledge regarding the relationship of poverty to food security and also the analysis of the main indicators in the light of the premises of the food condition in the province trying at the same time to measure poverty and richness in the same province.The paper concluded in some recommendations which may contribute to draw new policies that could face this malaise.