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Book (stand-alone)Summary of Proceedings of the International Scientific Symposium on Measurement and Assessment of Food Deprivation and Undernutrition
Rome, 26-28 June 2002
2002The World Food Summit mandated FAO to measure and monitor progress towards the Summit goal of halving the number of hungry by 2015. The decision to hold a scientific symposium on the measurement of food deprivation and undernutrition was motivated by this objective and the need to review the current status of the widely used methods for measuring hunger. It also aimed to recommend improvements in the methods, which would help FAO to further its work in carrying out this mandate. Since the monito ring of the progress towards the World Food Summit goal involves national and international stakeholders, the Symposium also provided an opportunity for them to present their perspectives. By promoting dialogue among advocates of various methods, the Symposium served to create a greater appreciation of the strengths and weaknesses of the different methods as well as how the corresponding measures complement each other. The main consensus to emerge at the Symposium was that no single measure c an capture all aspects of hunger while at the same time providing policy-makers with relevant and timely information in a cost-effective manner. Five methods were covered in the Symposium: 1) FAO method for measuring undernourishment by combining information from food balance sheets and household income and expenditure surveys. 2) Measuring food insecurity using household income and expenditure survey data. 3) Measuring adequacy of dietary intake based on individual intake surveys. 4) Measuring child nutritional status based on anthropometric surveys. 5) Qualitative methods for measuring people's perception of food insecurity and hunger. -
DocumentEstimating household and institutional food wastage and losses in the context of measuring food deprivation and food excess in the total population 2006
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No results found.The FAO’s measure of food deprivation, the prevalence of undernourishment, is conceptually based on a comparison of dietary energy intake (DEI) with a normed minimum energy requirement which is compatible with a healthy life while performing light physical activity, taking into account the inequality in access to food. The inequality is expressed in terms of the biological variation and non-biological variation among individuals in the population. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetAssessing national food control systems: measuring effectiveness and planning for improvements 2014
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No results found.National food control systems play a pivotal role in protecting the health of consumers and ensuring fair practices in trade. While the Codex Alimentarius provides the Principles and guidelines for National Food Control Systems (CAC/GL 82-2003), countries are free to determine how to best design their food control system and implement specific control measures. These systems must fit the specific national situations (e.g. appropriate level of public health protection; legal and institutional set up; availability of support services, such as analytical resources, etc) therefore no two systems are alike. However, whatever the architecture of the national food control system, measuring its effectiveness is universally important to verify that resources are being well-used and to inform plans for further strengthening of the system. Being able to demonstrate performance can also be very important, while discussing with potential trading partners, to open new markets or improve trading rela tionships and in building stakeholder confidence domestically. The full set of Highlights on FAO food safety and quality activities is available at the following Url: http://www.fao.org/3/a-au638e/index.html.
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