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Deriving Food Security Statistics from Household Budget Surveys

19 Apr 2010
, Rome
, Italy

Summary

The International Demonstration Centre (IDC) offers a full time training course on deriving food security statistics from national household surveys using methodological tools developed by the FAO Statistics Division. The Food Security Statistics Module (FSSM) has standardised statistical procedures for processing and analysing food consumption at national and sub national levels.

Location

FAO International Demonstration Center on Food Security and Consumption Statistics

Target Audience

Sudanese nationals from the National Statistical Institutions and the Food Security Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Topic

Food Security Statistics

Objectives

Improve statistical analysis of available food consumption data. This will lead to more reliable and consistent information for monitoring food insecurity at the national and sub national level.

Contacts

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

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Links

> Fourth International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS 4)
> EC-FAO Programme Side Event at ICAS 4 - Agenda

The “Improved Global Governance for Hunger Reduction” programme is funded by the European Union with additional resources provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The programme is managed by FAO and collaborates with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP)”