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Food Security Statistics from Household Budget Surveys
Praia, Cape Verde
4/12–8/12 2006

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OVERVIEW

Summary

The training, supported by the Statistics Division of FAO, aimed at improving the analysis of food consumption and nutrition data from the 2001/2 Inquérito às Despesas e receitas familiares 2001/02 (IDRF 2001/02).

National experts were trained in applying statistical procedures and software developed by FAO to derive relevant food security and poverty indicators at national and local levels and for specific subgroups of the population. Indicators included MDG indicator number 5 , i.e. the proportion of population below the minimum level of dietary energy consumption (prevalence of food deprivation).

The statistics will be used to better assess, monitor and target food security policies and interventions, assess the impact of specific policies and measure progress towards meeting targets for reducing food insecurity and poverty.

Location

Praia, Cape Verde

Target Audience

10 national staff from the following institutions:
- National Institute of Statistics (INE)
- Ministry of Agriculture (Food Security Unit - DSSA)
- Ministry of Health (Service of Nutrition)

Objectives

- Improve the capacity of the "Instituto nacional de Estatística (INE)" in the analysis of food consumption data from the 2001/02 IDRF; Provide training in the use of the FAO Food Security Statistics Module (FSSM).

- Produce reliable statistics on food insecurity and poverty at the national and sub-national levels. These will include under-nourishment estimates (Millennium Development Indicator Number 5) for measuring progress towards targets established under the country policy reference framework, the National Growth and Poverty Eradication Strategy (NGPES) and other international initiatives.

Contacts

Mr. Clodomir Ulisses Pereira
Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)
Tel. 238 261 3827
clodomirp@ine.gov.cv

Mr. Seevalingum Ramasawmy
Statistician
FAO
E-mail: Seevalingum.Ramasawmy@fao.org

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In the context of the EC-FAO Programme, this is a Food Security Statistics Module (FSSM) activity.

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LINKS

> Fourth International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS 4)
> EC-FAO Programme Side Event at ICAS 4 - Agenda
> FAO Food Security Statistics
> Instituto nacional de Estatística

The EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme is funded by the European Union and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations