A Syllabus for the Study of Food Security, Hunger and Poverty

Excerpts: This syllabus is for teaching a course on food security, hunger and poverty. The course outline focuses on US (domestic) and world hunger and food insecurity often the consequence of poverty. The status of childhood hunger and the characteristics of the poor and views about poverty are addressed. The purpose of this course is to add knowledge about hungry, food security and poverty to enhance skills in speaking about and analyzing community situation that foster the quality of public decisions. The curriculum references address concepts, theories, analysis and strategies concerned with the issue of food security. Many Extension professionals have dual appointments that include resident teaching. This syllabus is prepared for use in their situation, as well as for self-study and can be modified for informal adult education.

节选内容：本教学大纲用于开设粮食安全（food security）、饥饿与贫困相关课程。本课程大纲聚焦美国（国内）及全球范围内的饥饿与粮食不安全（food insecurity）问题，此类问题常由贫困引发。课程将涵盖儿童饥饿现状、贫困群体特征以及关于贫困的各类观点。本课程旨在丰富学习者关于饥饿、粮食安全与贫困的知识储备，提升其阐述与分析有助于优化公共决策质量的社区现状的能力。本课程的配套参考资料涵盖与粮食安全问题相关的概念、理论、分析方法与应对策略。众多推广专员身兼双重职务，其中包含驻场教学任务。本大纲既适配这类推广专员的教学场景，也可用于自主学习，还可根据非正式成人教育的需求进行调整。