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ENCAP TRAINING
Bangkok 12-17 January 2009
Objectives
• Share experiences
Food and Nutrition Security
Conceptual Framework
•food availability
•food access
•food utilization
Definitions & Key Concepts
In fact…
Key Concepts
therefore
o Households that:
i. devote most of the expenditures to buy food
ii. have low per capita total expenditures
iii. have debts (especially to satisfy basic needs)
are likely to have difficulties in acquiring adequate
amount of food (i.e., poor food access).
o Farmers
i. with scarce amount food stock,
ii. with a bad harvest,
iii. whose production does not satisfy HH food needs
are likely to have difficulties in acquiring adequate
amount of food (i.e., poor food access).
Choosing food access indicators
They face a more instable food security situation compared with the 10% borderline that
produce well.
acceptable 70%
10% good
production
bordeline
5% w ith bad
production
poor 15%
ENCAP TRAINING
Bangkok 12-17 January 2009
Profiling the food insecure
20% 16%
15% 10%11%
10% 7% 8%
5%
5% 1% 1% 2%
0%
Female-headed HHs elderly-headed HH Illiterate headed HH CI/disabled HH head
Demographic factors
complete
incomplete
more than
primary
primary
primary
Education Head of HH
Economic factors
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Em ploym ent status by Food Consum ption Group % HHs w ith one incom e source by
Food Consum ption Group
Wage/salary Casual Self-employed Unemployed
56% 55%
100%
15% 55%
24% 23%
80% 54% 53%
38%
% HHs
60% 53%
% HHs
42% 36%
8% 52% 51%
40%
16% 51%
20% 22% 39%
25% 50%
12%
0% 49%
poor borderline acceptable poor borderline acceptable
Assets