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Food Security Statistics from Household Budget Surveys
Yerevan, Armenia
24 - 28 July 2006

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OVERVIEW

Summary

Household income and expenditure surveys (HIES) or Household budget surveys (HBS) collect data relevant to food insecurity and poverty. The data collected are used to assess and monitor food security by determining:

- who the food insecure are;
- where they are located; and
- why they are food insecure.

The resulting analysis can be used for better targeted food policies and interventions, assessing the impact of specific policies and measuring progress towards targets for reducing food insecurity and poverty.

This training aims at building national capacity for analyzing data from the HIES/HBS related to food insecurity and poverty.

Location

Target Audience

Household budget survey experts from National statistics centres (NSC) who have skills in statistical analysis and data management software and who will be responsible for statistical data analysis and preparing the analysis report.

Objectives

- Improve the analytical capacity of national institutions responsible for assessing and monitoring food insecurity and poverty, in particular the NSC.

- Produce reliable statistics on food insecurity and poverty at the national and sub-national levels, including 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

Ms. Diana Martirosova
Head of Division
Household Budget Survey
E-mail:Sight2003M@yahoo.com

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

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