ACF |
Action Contre la Faim |
AED |
Academy for Educational Development |
AFINS |
Assessing Food Insecurity |
AHFSI |
Aggregate Household Food Security |
BMI |
body mass index |
BMR |
basal metabolic rate |
CPI |
consumer price index |
CPS |
Current Population Survey |
CV |
coefficient of variation |
DAFNE |
Data Food Networking |
DES |
dietary energy supply |
DFID |
Department for International |
DHS |
Demographic and Health Survey |
DLW |
doubly labelled water |
DPPC |
Disaster Prevention and Preparedness |
ENCU |
Emergency Nutrition Coordination |
ENDEF |
Escudo Nacional da Despesa Familiar |
EPIC |
European Prospective Investigation |
ESA |
FAO Agriculture and Economic |
ESAC |
FAO Comparative Agricultural |
ESAE |
FAO Agricultural Sector in Economic |
ESAF |
FAO Food Security and Agricultural |
ESC |
FAO Commodities and Trade Division |
ESDG |
FAO Economic and Social Department, Director-General |
ESN |
FAO Food and Nutrition Division |
ESNA |
FAO Nutrition Planning, Assessment |
ESS |
FAO Statistics Division |
ESSA |
FAO Statistical Analysis Service |
EWD |
Early Warning Department |
FANTA |
Food and Nutrition Technical |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
FAOSTAT |
FAO Statistical Databases |
FBS |
food balance sheet |
FFQ |
food frequency questionnaire |
FIS |
food intake survey |
FIVIMS |
Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems |
FPI |
food price index |
GDP |
gross domestic product |
GIS |
geographical information system |
GNP |
gross national product |
HEA |
household economy approach |
HES |
household expenditure survey |
HIES |
Household Income/Expenditure |
HKI |
Helen Keller International |
IAWG |
Inter-Agency Working Group |
IFPRI |
International Food Policy |
IMR |
infant mortality rate |
INFS |
index of national food security |
LSMS |
Living Standards Measurement |
MDG |
Millennium Development Goals |
MER |
minimum energy requirement |
MICS |
Multiple Indicator Cluster |
MIS |
management information system |
NCHS |
National Center for Health |
NGO |
non-governmental organization |
NHANES |
National Health and Nutrition |
NI |
Nutrition Index |
NSSO |
National Sample Survey |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
PAL |
physical activity level |
POU |
prevalence of undernutrition |
PROGRESA |
Programa de Educación, Salud y Alimentación |
SC UK |
Save the Children UK |
SDWP |
FAO Population and Development |
SOFI |
State of Food Insecurity |
SUSENAS |
Survei Sosial Ekonomi Nasional |
UBINIG |
Policy Research for Development |
UNICEF |
United Nations Children's Fund |
USAID |
United States Agency for |
USDA |
United States Department of |
WB |
World Bank |
WFP |
World Food Programme of the |
WFS |
World Food Summit |