To appreciate the importance of FC To understand the root causes, characteristics of FC To use conceptual frameworks for analyzing FC

1. FOOD SECURITY ANALYSIS
Purposes:
 To appreciate the importance of FC
 To understand the root causes, characteristics of FC
 To use conceptual frameworks for analyzing FC

2. Are you food secure?

3. How do we measure FC?

4. If it’s a priority, what can, and should, be done.
 Who is food insecure?
 How many?
 Where they live?
 And importantly, why they are food
insecure?

5. In practice, measuring and analyzing food
security is technically challenging. Data on
various food security dimensions is still
scarce and poorly integrated.

6. Food security is a complex concept
so that no one indicator can
adequately describe who is food
secure and who is not.

7. Methods
1- Prevalence of undernourishment
2- Household Food Economy
3- Malnutrition

8. 1- Prevalence of undernourishment
By FAO
Level of analysis National Duration of food
insecurity
Chronic food
insecure
Outcome Food consumptions Vulnerability Current hunger

9. 2- Household Food Economy
By Save the Children
Level of analysis Household Duration of food
insecurity
Transitory food
cries
Outcome Food
consumptions
Vulnerability Risk of future hunger

10. 3- Malnutrition
Level of analysis Individual Duration of food
insecurity
Both
Outcome Nutritional status Vulnerability Current hunger

13. Suzanne will answer?

14. Remarks?
moadam50@gmail.com

15. SASKIA WILL ANSWER!