acf food security assessment guidelines

... continuing food deficits In 1997, wewidened our analysis beyond the assessment of aggregate food availability to include more aspects of food security We there-fore changed the title to Food Security Assessment ... the series of food assessments begun in the late 1970s Global Food Assessments were done from 1990 to 1992, hence the GFA series In 1993, the title was changed to Food Aid Needs Assessment to ... aspects of food security: consumption stability and meeting the nutri-tional standard The aggregate food availability projections do not take into account food insecurity problems due to food distribution

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 22:20

... prior assessments, tests, and audits, whether partially or fully aligned with the present assessment scope and whether or not conducted by information security auditors (e.g pre-release security ... sources; and— generic assessment checklists and articles by information security auditors or information security professionals with expertise in the area related to the scope of the assessment.It is ... planned assessment scope in light of the preliminary information, especially if the assessment plan that originally scoped the assessment was prepared many months beforehand For example, other assessments

Ngày tải lên: 09/03/2024, 16:51

... food security The concept of food security helps to foster an integratedapproach to food and nutrition as it places stress on theavoidance of under-nutrition or starvation as the fundamentalfood ... capturing the spirit of foodsecurity: [Food security] is access by all people at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life Its essential elements are the availability of food and the ability ... to acquire it Food insecurity, in turn, is the lack of access to enough food (World Bank, 1986: 1). This definition was further elaborated at the 1997 World FoodSummit as: [Food] security, at

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 19:20

... 1IFPRI Discussion Paper 00918 November 2009 Hybrid Rice Technology Development Ensuring China’s Food Security Jiming Li Yeyun Xin Longping Yuan 2020 Vision Initiative This paper has been prepared ... Agricultural Development (www.ifpri.org/millionsfed) Trang 2INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) was established in 1975 IFPRI is ... knowledge, that documents an intervention’s impact on hunger and malnutrition and the pathways to food security All these studies were in turn peer reviewed by both the Millions Fed project and IFPRI’s

Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2014, 05:20

... achieving food security forall Information about the food insecure and ‘vulnerable people is often lacking in many’ counties To help remedy this gap EIVIMS was bor, It stands for “Food Insecurity ... Trang 6 Land resources information ystems or food security IDC countries Land resources assessment and management systems 9 Water resources assessment systems 15 C tatasts for SADK ah ‘SADC ... [Environment and Land Mansgement System Food, Agriculture and Nat Resources Development Unit of SADC Food and Agriculture Organization ofthe United Nations Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information

Ngày tải lên: 23/02/2014, 04:20

... stocks and distribution policy); GeoSAS (government food  security decision‐making in Ethiopia); Food Security  Information Network, USAID‐FEWSNET (climate input into  food security information)   Trang 15ICRISAT ‐‐ ... Objective 2.2: Identify and test tools and strategies to use advance information to better manage climate risk through food delivery, trade and crisis response Output 2.2.1 Enhanced  of alternative food security interventions, communicated with key food system stakeholders. ; Food system decision makers engaged in refining and testing decision support tools for food security response strategies.  ... components  supported  a  food  security  information  expert  seconded  from  WFP  to  strengthen  CCAFS  work  and partnerships  at  the  interface  of  climate  risk  and  food  security  management 

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 21:20

... CLIMATE CHANGE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE SERIES Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Synthesis of Empirical Evidence of Food Security and Mitigation Benefits ... effective in delivering significant food security benefits and mitigation co-benefits both in dry and humid areas However in dry areas, the marginal benefit to food security from SLM is high – thus ... expected to produce food for a global population that will amount to 9.1 billion people in 2050 and over 10 billion by the end of the century (UNFPA 2011) To secure and maintain food security, agricultural

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 15:20

... take food security very seriously and have joined forces WRFRQWULEXWHWRWKHVHDUFKIRUVXVWDLQDEOHVROXWLRQV This study examines the relationship between organic agriculture and food security ... AFRICA,QFUHDVLQJIRRGVHFXULW\ZLWKRUJDQLFDJULFXOWXUH The food security of any region is not simply a question of producing enough food to meet GHPDQGLWLVDOVRLQÀXHQFHGE\DPXOWLWXGHRIIDFWRUVERWKQDWXUDODQGFDXVHGE\KXPDQVVHHER[ ... farming can lead to increased food production – in many cases a doubling of yields has been seen – which makes an important contribution to increasing the food security in a UHJLRQ7KHFDVHVVWXGLHVRXWOLQHGLQWKLVUHSRUWVXSSRUWWKHJURZLQJERG\RIHYLGHQFHWKDW\LHOGincreases

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... researchers, and others concerned with national and international food and agricultural policy About IFPRI Food Security in Practice series The Food Security in Practice technical guide series is designed ... <ifpri-copyright@cgiar.org>.International Food Policy Research Institute How to cite this book: Breisinger, C., M Thomas, and J Thurlow 2009 Social accounting matrices and multiplier analysis: An introduction with exercises Food Security ... International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI®) was established in 1975 to identify and analyze alternative national and international strategies and policies for meeting food needs of

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 20:20

... refining our understanding of food security This role is explored after a brief overview of ERS’s food security assessment research Food security assessment ERS’s food security assessment (FSA) model ... available food and food needed to support a target per capita nutritional standard However, the aggregate food availability projections do not account for food security problems due to food distribution ... Research Institute Food, Agriculture, and the Environment Discussion Paper No 27, Washington, DC, February Shapouri, Shahla (2000) “Global Food Security: Overview.” Food Security Assessment, International

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 22:20

... potential to create farming systems that are sustainable and can meet the food security needs of society CONCLUSIONS Food security is still a major problem for a large portion of the world’s growing ... achieving a balance between population growth and food security THE RURAL–URBAN DIVIDE It is indeed paradoxical that, even though the overall food grain production (which is the mainstay of the ... – 45% in India and China alone These data clearly indicate that food production alone cannot solve the local and regional food security needs In the year 2000, more than 1 billion ha of the world

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:22

... Food Losses What Can Food Technology Offer? Challenges for Food Technology in Developing Countries Traditional Food Processing Traditional Fermented Foods Upgrading of Traditional Fermented Food ... the developing region of the world is on the urgency of food security; in some instances, food security is directly linked to national security In this debate, the choice of developing countries ... 2Ensuring Food Security and Environmental to tackle these challenges The most urgent need in most developing countries was simple and focused: increased food production and the transformation of food-deficient

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:22

... compatible.DIMENSIONS OF FOOD SECURITY The first and continuing challenge is food security, or how to produce and ensure access to enough food to feed the still-growing population Food security is a necessary, ... decade Food security has been defined in many ways For example, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s World Food Security Compact (1985) states that the “ultimate objective of food security ... FourPoverty and Equity Trang 2Global Food Security, William B Lacy, Laura R Lacy and David O Hansen* CONTENTS Introduction Dimensions of Food Security World Food Supplies Environmental Degradation

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:22

... the cause of food insecurity Whether one focuses on the shortor long-term food security issue, raising the incomes of poor people is the key to addressing food security problems ... From Food Security to Market-Driven Growth Conclusions References INTRODUCTION India has made impressive gains in agricultural growth, food security and rural poverty reduction since the food ... where food prices heavily influence real income of consumers The number of food consumers exceeds that of food producers in every country and poor consumers in India who purchase food

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:22

... xiChapter 22 More Food, Less Poverty? The Potential Role of Carbon Sequestration in Smallholder Farming Systems in Senegal 539 Petra Tschakert Chapter 23 Hillside Agriculture and Food Security in ... Management ServiceFood and Agriculture Organization Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura Universadade de São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil Trang 20xiv Climate Change and Global Food SecuritySasakawa ... York, New York Trang 22xvi Climate Change and Global Food SecurityEnvironmental Science Division Oak Ridge National Rural Development Division Food and Agriculture School of Natural Resources The

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 19:21

... latter tend to tempera-be food-recipient countries in times of food crises, while oped countries are more often donors devel-Table 10.1 Effects of Climate Change on Global Food Production Under Various ... food prices will likely ease but not fully eraseproblems of food security, particularly in low-income countrieswhere lack of access to food, political instability, and inade-quate physical and ... one region is linked to other agricultural regions, and indeed to the world foodsystem, both through trade and the food donor system As a Figure 10.12 Observed temperature trends, 1970–2000 (FromNational

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20

... ASSESS OPTIONS FOR SOIL C SEQUESTRATION Two of the biggest constraints for improving household food security in West Africa are retention of rainwater in the field and improvement of soil quality ... needed to complement information gained from experiments to help understand and predict SOC and food production responses to soil, climate, and management com- binations. Biophysical models integrate

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20

... Global Warming and Food Insecurity LUTHER TWEETEN CONTENTS 27.1 Introduction 658 27.2 Food Security and the Food Security Policy Synthesis 659 27.2.1 Setting 660 27.2.2 Food Security Synthesis ... concern is whether measures to promoteglobal food security promise to be compatible with measures to restrain global warming 27.2 FOOD SECURITY AND THE FOOD SECURITY POLICY SYNTHESIS Chronically undernourished ... of food security Defining food security as access to food omits another important dimension of food needs, namely availability Food availability refers to the supply of food from production, imports,

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20

... Principle Security Consultant for Security Horizon, Inc., a Colorado-based professional security services and training provider. Ed is the lead for Security Training and Assessments for Security ... Officer, and Principle Security Consultant for Security Horizon, Inc., a Colorado-based profes- sional security services and training provider. Russ is a key contrib- utor to Security Horizon’s technology ... President, and Principle Security Consultant for Security Horizon, Inc., a Colorado-based professional security services and training provider. Greg is a key contributor not only to Security Horizon’s

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... Chapter 1 • Laying the Foundation for Your Assessment Figure 1.3 IAM Timeline 2-4 Weeks 1-2 Weeks 2-8 Weeks Pre-Assessment On-Site Post Assessment Pre-Assessment Visit 1-5 Days 286_NSA_IAM_01.qxd ... the assessment plan is completed and accepted. Another approach is to contract the pre-assessment as a separate agreement from the remaining phases of the IAM assessment. This allows the assessment ... Your Assessment Understand the Commitment The assessment team must understand the level of commitment they are facing while conducting the assessment Ensure that the assessment

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21