Beri and Herfindahl indices of dietary diversity; can they will be used for measuring food security in sanction situation

Iranian economy is under sanction since 35 years back. In a sanction situation monitoring food security condition is one of the most important issues. One of the methods to measure food security in a community is application diet diversity indices. However, one of the most important questions in this regard is that which index is suitable one for the purpose of measurement and whether these measures will produce different results? To achieve research objectives in this research work an endeavor is made to measure food security situation in rural areas of Gorgan, Golestan province of Iran with the help of Beri and Herfindahl Indices and compare results obtained with application of these two indices. Results of both indices showed that 152 households consumed diversified diet, 114 households consumed relatively diversified diet and 1 household consumed a non- diversified diet. Therefore we can conclude that while application of these two indices produced different mathematical results (values of indices) the end results and interpretation is similar thus both of them can be used as correct and reliable indices of dietary diversity.

کلیدواژه ها:

Sanction ، Dietary Diversity ، Food security ، Beri index ، Herfindahl Index