DERIVING FOOD SECURITY INFORMATION FROM
NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD BUDGET SURVEYS

Experiences, Achievements, Challenges

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Table of Contents

Acronyms   Download  [163 Kb]
Figures
Foreword
Preface

Part 1   Download  [569 Kb]

Improving food security information from country experiences

Deriving food security statistics from national household surveys:
experiences, achievements and challenges

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Deriving food security statistics at sub-national levels

Gender analysis on food security statistics
by specific population group in the Philippines’ FIES 2003

Sub-national estimates of food security statistics in Lao PDR’s LECS III

Food insecurity indicators derived from the 2002/03
Mozambican Household Survey

Gender analysis of food security statistics
by specific population group in Cambodia’s CSES 2003/2005

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Consumption versus acquisition approaches for deriving food security statistics

Food data collected using acquisition and
consumption approaches with daily diaries in Armenia’s ILCS 2004

Food data collected using acquisition and consumption
approaches with a seven-day recall method in Kenya’s KIHBS 2005/2006

Food data collected using acquisition and intake approaches
in Cape Verde’s IDRF 2001/2002

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Using food security statistics for policy analysis

Monitoring food insecurity based on Moldova’s HBS 2003 and 2006

Using food security statistics for policy analysis and actions
with long-term impact on hunger eradication based on Palestine’s PECS 2005

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How to enhance analysis of food security statistics

Longitudinal analysis using panel data for assessing
seasonal effects on the food security situation in Tajikistan’s HBS 2005

Deriving better estimates of food security statistics
at sub-national levels by integrating Georgia’s IHS and MICS data

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Methodological issues on analysis of food security

Towards the measurement of household resilience to food insecurity:
applying a model to Palestinian household data

Indicators on food deprivation and income deprivation
at national and sub-national levels: methodological issues

Part 7

Glossary