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Producing Food Security Information Products that Result in Action
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Food Security and Vulnerability Monitoring and Measurement Course (25 February to 7 March 2008)
FSIP module (3 March 2008)

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OVERVIEW

Summary	A shorter version of the five-day training course “Producing Food Security Information Products that Result in Action” was presented as part of a two week course on “Food Security and Vulnerability Monitoring and Measurement”. The session used a lesson from the EC- FAO Programme's distance learning course “Reporting Food Security Information.” The course was organized by the Africa Center for Food Security (ACFS) with financial and technical support from the Regional Vulnerability Assessment Committee members (including FAO). N.B. The FAO-FIVIMS Programme financed the travel expenses of the food security analyst who conducted the session.
Location	University of Kwazulu Natal (Pietermaritzburg campus), South Africa
Target Audience	Participants included : - masters students from the Kwazulu Natal University; and - practitioners involved in food security and vulnerability assessment and analysis responsible for writing reports. They came from Malawi, Uganda, Mozambique, Tanzania, DRC, South Africa and Ghana.
Objectives	- Raise participants' awareness of the importance of producing FSIPs that support decision-making - Strengthen participants' capacity to produce relevant, credible and accessible FSIPs
Feedback from Participants	“This (training) will help me to interact with decision-makers and other players” "(the session) will help me to be strategic in reporting to decision-makers” “Simple, relevant and very practical”
Contacts	Professor Sheryl Hendriks The Africa Centre of Food Security (AFCS) University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) Pietermaritzburg Campus, RSA email: Hendriks@ukzn.ac.za
Related Training	> Cambodia 9-12 October 2006 > Mozambique 27 November–1 December 2006 > Cape Verde 22-27 April 2007 > Burkina Faso 11-15 June 2007 > Haiti 26- 30 November, 2007

DOCUMENTS

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Course Outline

"Reporting Food Security Information" Session Outline

Training Evaluation

LINKS

> From the WWW to the Classroom: EC-FAO e-learning materials used to train food security specialists at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (13 March 2008)

> Resources for Trainers - including powerpoint slides, exercises, trainer's notes, etc.

> African Centre for Food Security (ACFS)

The EC-FAO Programme on "Linking Information and Decision Making to Improve Food Security" is funded by the European Union and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations