Having measures of vulnerability in the future allowed the projection of households who will be never food insecure, transitory food insecure, and chronically food insecure. Consistent findings drawn from projections convey that chronically food insecure households tend to have younger and less educated heads. They also have the biggest family or household size. In addition, these households also are less likely to have strong house, and less access to assets (including agricultural assets) and information. Also, they can be found most likely in the rural areas and relatively more dependent on crop farming income. These measures and findings open for a more incisive targeting in order to arrest food insecurity efficiently and these were demonstrated in the maps. Aside from the characteristics at the household level, the models suggest some policy options to be adopted as counter measure in case of rise in vulnerability. These include: enhancing human capital in terms of education; increasing government expenditure on agriculture in terms of farm to market road, irrigation of palay or subsidy on fertilizer; and increasing household or family access to assets including agricultural assets. CBMS-FAO | 49

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