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Food Security Analysis: Tools and Standards

The EC- FAO Food Security Programme aims at improving the quality and quantity of food security information available.

It has developed tools and methodologies to improve the way in which food security information is collected, stored and analysed. It has also helped set international standards to make sure data can easily be exchanged and compared across borders.

The programme has developed tools and standards for:

Area of Work	Tool & Standard
Climate Change	Climate change impact assessment (MOSAICC) Crop yield forecasting
Communications	Communications e-learning course Communications Toolkit Knowledge Sharing Guides
Data Sharing	GIEWS Workstation GAUL
Emergencies	Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) See also: Publications on protracted crises
Markets & Prices	Price Monitoring Tool See also: Country Briefs
Food Security & Nutrition	Household Hunger Scale (HHS) The Latin American Household Food Security Measurement Scale (ELCSA) Dietary Diversity Questionnaire (DDQ)
Resilience	Resilience Tool
Statistics	Food Security Statistical Module

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)”