Sharma, MohanHohl, Roman2015-07-202015-07-202015-07https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22233This paper discusses how catastrophe crop risk models can be used to assess food security needs at the sovereign level for the purpose of risk transfer. The rationale for a system to evaluate food security needs at the national level is discussed. The role of technology and remote sensing data availability as an enabler of catastrophe crop risk models is discussed followed by a description of the framework of catastrophe crop models for droughts, representing the peril for which catastrophe models have had the most success. The integration of the output of catastrophe crop models with a food security vulnerability assessment model is described next. Recent advances in analytical modeling of various types of shocks in assessing food security are described but the operational use of these analytical models in the development of food security assessment for risk transfer is seen to be limited for now because of the complexity of these analytical models. The food security vulnerability modeling in the African Risk Capacity, ARC, model is then described as showing a practical solution to the complex problem of assessing food security via a model. Lastly, the challenges faced in risk transfer of sovereign food security risks are discussed.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOFOOD PRICESAFETY NET PROGRAMSRISKSFOOD NEEDSHOUSEHOLD SURVEYGLOBAL FOOD SUPPLYPOVERTY LINEECONOMIC GROWTHFOOD FOR ALLRISK REDUCTIONFAMINESGLOBAL MARKETSFOOD UTILIZATIONINCOMEPOVERTY RATESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONREDUCING HUNGERNUTRITIOUS FOODSACCESS TO IRRIGATIONLIVESTOCK RESEARCHRURAL POORAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTVULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTWORLD FOOD PROGRAMMEDEATHFOOD AIDFOOD POLICYRURAL LIVELIHOODSNATIONAL FOOD SECURITYIFPRIPOOR PEOPLESMALL SCALE FARMERSHUNGERFOOD SECURITY ISSUESRURAL POVERTY RATERURAL POPULATIONRURAL POORCONFLICTCROP YIELDMEASURESREGIONINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEHOUSEHOLD INCOMEMAIZECROP YIELDSAVINGSCROP PRODUCTIONINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIESRURAL HOUSEHOLDSFARMING PRACTICESMARKET DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYFOOD POLICY RESEARCHFOOD PRICEGROUNDNUTFOOD SUMMITNATURAL DISASTERSCROP YIELDSAGRICULTURAL COMMODITY PRICESPOOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDSHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHAZARDARID LANDSFOOD‐SECURITYAGRICULTURAL COMMODITYFOOD AVAILABILITYFOOD PRODUCTIONFARMERSFAMINEFOOD AIDFOOD PRODUCTIONMARKET PRICEFOOD BUYERSFOOD ITEMSFOOD ACCESSCROP YIELDSHOUSEHOLD LEVELSTAPLE FOODSMARKET ANALYSISFOOD SECURITYFOOD INSECURITYFOOD EMERGENCYCLIMATE CHANGEDROUGHTSMALL‐SCALE FARMERSFOOD ASSISTANCELOCAL MARKETVULNERABLE GROUPSAGRICULTURAL INSURANCENUTRITION SECURITYFARMING HOUSEHOLDSRURAL POVERTY RATESRURAL POVERTYCANADAAGRICULTURAL COMMODITYFOOD EXPENDITUREAGRICULTUREFOOD SHORTAGEMALNUTRITIONRURALNUTRITIONWFPLAND SIZEFOODAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIESAGRICULTURAL INPUTSFOOD SHORTAGEINSURANCEFOOD INSECURITYGROUNDNUTSHUMAN RIGHTSFOOD CRISISWORLD FOOD SUMMITSUBSISTENCE FARMERSIRRIGATIONSMALLHOLDER FARMINGRURAL AREASPOVERTYREGIONAL DISTRIBUTIONDROUGHT RISKAGRICULTURAL COMMODITY PRICESFOOD SUPPLYFOOD‐DEFICITFEEDREGIONAL EFFORTSFOOD AVAILABILITYFARM LABOURRURAL POVERTY RATESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYFOOD SECURITYRISK MANAGEMENTSTAPLE FOOD NEEDSFOOD POLICY RESEARCHLIVELIHOODSPOORFOOD SECURITY STATUSRISK MANAGEMENTMARKET DEVELOPMENTWORLD FOOD PROGRAMMEFOOD PRICESRURAL DEVELOPMENTFOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDSFOODSFOOD STAPLESWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-7360