Using Targeted Action to Strengthen Food and Nutrition Security for Vulnerable Groups - GCP/GLO/691/USA

Abstract

Around a billion people are chronically hungry and food insecure, with a further billion suffering from micronutrient deficiencies, which impair health and performance in life. Food and nutrition insecurity problems may have different underlying causes or combinations of causes, and may vary from acute and transitory to chronic and long term, from more to less severe. With decision makers in developing countries often lacking integrated and rigorous tools for data analysis of food and nutrition insecurity problems, there are significant implications for the allocation of resources, programme design and policy development. In this context, the project was designed to address the need for improved capacity in integrated food and nutrition security analysis through the roll out of the Integrated Food Security and Nutrition Phase Classification (IPC ).