Publications
Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS)
The Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) are a set of international guidelines and standards for the design, implementation and assessment of livestock interventions to assist people affected by humanitarian crises.
Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests outline principles and practices that governments can refer to when making laws and administering land, fisheries and forests rights.
The guidelines aim at promoting food security and [...]
Household Hunger Scale: Indicator Definition and Measurement Guide
This document provides operational guidance for the collection and tabulation of the Household Hunger Scale (HHS)—a new, simple indicator to measure household hunger in food insecure areas.
The HHS is different from other household food insecurity indicators in that it has [...]
Social analysis for agriculture and rural investment projects
These three guides produced by FAO’s Investment Centre demonstrate the application of social analysis to investment programmes and projects in agricultural and rural development.
The Manager’s Guide addresses the needs of project managers and team leaders. It describes: the main parameters [...]
An Introduction to the Basic Concepts of Food Security
This guide gives an introduction to the basic concepts of food security, including its four dimensions.