How data science can provide nourishment and food security

Data Analytics and Information Sciences, Environmental Engineering, Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries, Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere, Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages, Non-Profit/Non-Governmental Organizations, Urban Planning and Development

Hunger is a reality for more than 50 million Americans, with food insecurity affecting 13% of U.S. households. To alleviate this, many receive assistance from nonprofit food banks, pantries and meal programs nationwide.

Purdue University researchers Rahul Srinivas Sucharitha and Seokcheon Lee discuss the role industrial engineers can play to help these organizations. They show how applying data analytics can target proper nourishment, streamline operations and boost fundraising and donor outreach to better serve those who are food insecure.

Read the entire article at https://www.iise.org/iemagazine/2021-12/html/Sucharitha_Lee/Sucharitha_Lee.html

 
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