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It is highly expected that FAO will be involved
in supporting countries in the following initiatives:
1. WFS follow-up
2. MDG/CCA-UNDAF reporting
3. Development and implementation of
the national Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping
Systems (FIVIMS)
4. Development, implementation and evaluation
of national food security plans
5. ESSA assistance to countries for
improving the food consumption statistics and derived indicators
6. Availability of relevant surveys
in the country
7. Trends in hunger reduction for the
monitoring of the WFS and MDG targets
1. WFS follow-up
As part of the WFS follow-up, countries should be monitoring their
progress towards the WFS hunger reduction goal and their commitments
for pursuing it.
At the global level FAO has been reporting since 1999
world and regional trends in “The State of Food Insecurity (SOFI)”.
These reports also include country level estimates prepared by FAO
based on the country data provided to FAO by national statistical
offices and other sources.
2. MDG/CCA-UNDAF reporting
Countries need to prepare Millennium Development Goals (MDG) reports
with support from the UN Country Teams (UNCTs), led by the Resident
Coordinator, based on Poverty Reduction Strategic Programs (PRSPs),
UN Common Country Assessments (CCAs), National Human Development
Reports (NHDRs), and other reports/assessments/ strategies. This
activity should be consistent and complementary to the one described
above.
UNDP and many partners, including other UN Development
Group agencies and the World Bank, are already well underway with
a number of pilots to lead country teams in monitoring and reporting
on goals. The activities are supported by UNDP and co-ordinated
at country level by the UN Resident Co-ordinator (See more details
in the country MDG fact sheet).
By the end of 2004, every developing country will
have produced at least one such report in time for the Secretary-General's
global round up on Millennium Development Goals progress in 2005.
This is a major long-term commitment; it will likely require statistical
reporting capacity building in many countries.
3. Development and implementation
of the national Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and
Mapping Systems (FIVIMS)
These are networks of national information systems that
assemble, analyze and disseminate data on food insecurity and vulnerability
as inputs for national and international decision makers of the
sectors involved in food security. Support to the development of
country FIVIMS is provided through an inter-agency programme. The
programme has members representing international and bilateral donors,
technical UN agencies and NGOs. The Inter–Agency Working Group on
FIVIMS is supported by a Secretariat housed in FAO headquarters.
4. Development, implementation
and evaluation of national food security plans
Countries need to strengthen their capability for providing inputs
to the decision making process for preparing multi-sectoral plans
and projects aiming at the improvement of national food security,
in particular in the identification of population groups of higher
risks of hunger.
In this context it should be taken into account the
support provided by the Statistical Analysis Service(ESSA) of the
FAO Statistics Division through its Capacity Building Programme
on Food Security Indicators. A brief description follows in next
item.
5.ESSA assistance to countries
for improving the food consumption statistics and derived indicators
ESSA is responsible for estimating food consumption statistics used
for the global, regional and country estimation of undernourishment
in the world, and supports countries for enhancing the processing
and analysis of food consumption statistics derived from household
income and expenditure surveys (HIES), or household budget surveys
(HBS), or Living Standards Measurement Surveys (LSMS) or Multiple
Purpose Surveys (MPS). Data on food consumption in of quantity and
monetary values from HIES are useful for estimating the undernourishment
at national and sub-national levels depending on their size and
design. Additional data on income and demographic dimensions allow
for enhanced analysis of sub-national population groups.
The objective of such assistance is to help countries
in estimating food consumption indicators useful to policy makers
in the planning of interventions for alleviating hunger and poverty
among the population.
ESSA has developed statistical procedures for processing,
computing and analyzing food consumption data collected in the HIES.
ESSA assistance is provided to countries mainly through Regional
Demonstration Centres and in special cases through direct cooperation
with the national statistical office.
6. Availability of relevant surveys
in the country
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DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
EAST ASIA
China*
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea
Hong Kong SAR of China
Mongolia
Republic of Korea
OCEANIA
Fiji Islands
French Polynesia
Kiribati
New Caledonia
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu
SOUTH EAST ASIA
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao People's Dem. Rep.
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Thailand
Viet Nam
SOUTH ASIA
Bangladesh
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
NORTH AMERICA
Mexico
CENTRAL AMERICA
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
THE CARIBBEAN
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Haiti
Jamaica
Netherlands Antilles
Saint Kitts And Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent/Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
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NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
NEAR EAST
Afghanistan
Cyprus
Iran, Islamic Rep.
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Syrian Arab Republic
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
NORTH AFRICA
Algeria
Egypt
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Morocco
Tunisia
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
CENTRAL AFRICA
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Gabon
Sao Tome and Principe
EAST AFRICA
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
Sudan
Uganda
United Rep. of Tanzania
SOUTHERN AFRICA
Angola
Botswana
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Swaziland
Zambia
Zimbabwe
WEST AFRICA
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Côte d'Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
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COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION
COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Republic of Moldova
Russian Federation
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
BALTIC STATES
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
EASTERN EUROPE
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
TFYR Macedonia
Serbia and Montenegro
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Availability of relevant surveys in the country - Myanmar
The Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of the Ministry of Planning
and Economic Development has conducted regularly Household Expenditure
Surveys (HES) since 1958. The 1997 and 2001 HESs have included 25,470
and 30,000 households, respectively, and the data have been used
for estimating poverty indicators.
However food security indicators based on dietary energy consumption
have not been estimated. It would important to enhance the use of
food consumption data from these surveys for improving food insecurity
analysis at national and subnational levels.
Availability of relevant surveys in the country - Chile
El Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE) ha realizado
Encuestas de Presupuestos Familiares (ENP), por ejemplo la Quinta
ENP cubre el período entre agosto de 1996 y julio de 1997.
Estas encuestas permiten obtener estimaciones de los parámetros
de la distribución del consumo de energía alimentaria
i.e. el nivel del consumo y su desigualdad tanto a nivel nacional
como a nivel de subgrupos de población por área geográfica
o por características de los hogares.
Availability of relevant surveys in the country - Madagascar
The Institut National de La Statistique (INS) of Madagascar has
conducted several household expenditure surveys since 1968/69 both
at national or sub-national levels. According to the World Bank
data, at least two household expenditure surveys were conducted
during the 1990’s. The most recent national household expenditure
survey was conducted in 1999 among 5120 households and details of
food data in terms of food sources and quantities and monetary values
were collected. This survey collected anthropometry data and this
situation provides a good opportunity to study the linkage between
undernutrition in childhood and undernourishment in the total population.
The 1993 and 1997 household expenditure surveys could also be useful
for the purpose of the reports previously mentioned regarding the
estimation of undernourishment.
7. Trends in hunger reduction
for the monitoring of the WFS and MDG targets
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