International Demonstration Centre on Food Security and Consumption Statistics  IDC

The IDC is based on tutorial training activities using existing data on food consumption collected in national household surveys. Food security and consumption statistics are produced and used to assess and monitor national and sub-national food insecurity for monitoring progress in hunger reduction such as indicator 5 of the MDG and the indicator of the WFS.

National Demonstration Centres (NDC) on Food Consumption Statistics Derived from Household income and expenditure surveys (HIES)  NDCs

The NDC on Food Security and Consumption Statistics from Household Income and expenditure Surveys (HIES) is a regional training activity where two participants from countries, one from the National Statistical Organization office and one from the National Office in charge of Food Security are invited.

Capacity building through technical assistance  Technical assistance

The capacity building through technical assistance to countries is an on-the-job training activity for improving the food consumption statistics used for food security assessments at the global, regional, national and sub-national levels, and supports countries for enhancing the processing and analysis of food consumption statistics derived from household surveys collecting food consumption data. This activity is provided with financial support from organizations like the European Commission and the World Bank inter alia as part of technical and financial cooperation projects.