Food Security Analysis Course

At the end of the training program, participant will:

• Understand various terms in food security and risk reduction
• Food Security interventions
• Food Security analysis and tools
• Food Security Programming
• Improve agricultural infrastructure and agricultural practice

CONTENT

• Approaches for Understanding Food Systems
• Climate Resilience Approaches
• Integrated Conceptual Framework
• Application of the Concepts
• Country Food System Context and Food Security Analysis
• Community Food Security Analysis

• Food policy analysis tools.
• Agricultural commodity market tools
• Agricultural input prices
• Food security indicator & policy analysis tool

• Community Resilience Analysis and Indicator Development
• Food Security Analysis
• An Introduction to the basic concepts of food security
• The causes of food insecurity and description on how to prepare and plan targeted security interventions for the poorest sectors of a community.
• Food system resilience and indicators
• Preparation and planning of targeted interventions
• Types of food security assessment:
• Food Security Monitoring System (FSMS)Processes involved in analyzing food security situations Food Security contributing and non-food security contributing factors
• Targeting of the poorest groups and various other target groups
• Approaches, methods and tools used by humanitarian agencies to measure livelihoods, food insecurity and vulnerability (Vulnerability Mapping for Food Security)
• Tools/instruments for analysis

• Context of livelihood security, defining socio-economic systems, participatory group discussions and field visits
• Transect walks and village profile documentation, interpretation of data: towards causes of food insecurity, short survey

• Community food security assessment tool kit
• Gender integration in food security programming
• Food Utilization Resilience Analysis
• Food Access Resilience Analysis
• Food Availability Resilience Analysis
• Resilience Analysis of Support Resources and Services
• Resilience Analysis of Support Organizations and Policies

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.