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Deriving food security indicators at national and sub national levels from the Tanzania-Mainland Household Budget Survey 2007

1 Mar 2010
, Dar Es Salaam
, Tanzania

Summary

Government staff with no previous experience in food security statistics, learned to use the Food Security Statistical Module (FSSM) to derive a suite of food security indicators at national and sub national levels.

Topics covered included:

  • Concepts and definitions of food security indicators
  • Concepts of food consumption and food security analysis
  • Layout of the food insecurity assessment report
  • Estimating  the minimum dietary energy requirement
  • Concepts of vitamin A, iron and assessment of protein quality (Protein Corrected Digestibility Amino Acid Score (PDCAAS))
  • the FSSM data input  files
  • Estimating  minimum and average dietary energy consumption at national and sub national levels using the FSSM
  • Estimating  food consumption, using the FSSM, in terms of energy, monetary value, quantity, macro and micro nutrients and protein quality (amino acids) by population group, main food item group and food item
  • Analyzing the food security indicators obtained

Location

 Peacock Hotel, Dar Es Salaam

Target Audience

 Staff from the Mainland’s Ministry of Industry Trade and Marketing; Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperation and the National Bureau of Statistics; and from Zanzibar’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Environment and the Office of th

Topic

 Food Security Statistics

Objectives

Staff with no previous experience in food security statistics, learned  to use the Food Security Statistical Module (FSSM) to derive a suite of food security indicators at national and sub national levels

Contacts

Related Training

Documents

  agenda_Tanzania_stats_wkshp.pdf

Links

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)”