This course introduces the most commonly used methods to assess food availability at regional, national and local levels. It also provides examples and criteria for selecting the appropriate availability indicators.To take the course, a free registration is needed.Available in English.
This course describes the purpose and features of baseline assessments and how they differ from action-oriented assessments. The course also provides guidance on selecting a baseline assessment method depending on the context, and on how to incorporate historical trends when conducting food security assessments.To take the course, a free registration is needed.Available in English and French.
This course illustrates a wide range of tools and techniques that can be used to improve collaboration and knowledge sharing, and provides guidance on conducting collaborative food security assessments. The course also introduces the concept of advocacy and the various advocacy techniques required to influence different audiences.To take the course, a free registration is needed.Available in English and French.
This course introduces the concept of livelihoods and the components of the livelihoods framework. It also provides guidance on assessing livelihoods in different food security contexts and on selecting and interpreting livelihoods indicators.To take the course, a free registration is needed.Available in English and French.
This course covers the basic concepts of malnutrition, describes how nutritional status is assessed, and identifies the most commonly used nutrition indicators, as well as the criteria to be used when selecting the indicators in specific contexts and situations.To take the course, a free registration is needed.Available in English and French.
This course provides a definition of
vulnerability and illustrates the three critical dimensions used to define
it. It also presents the most commonly used methods to assess vulnerability,
and provides examples and criteria for selecting the appropriate
vulnerability indicators.
To take the course, a free registration is needed.
This course illustrates the basic principles related to the
design, evaluation and monitoring of targeting systems. It also provides
examples of how targeting principles can be applied both in emergency and
longer-term food security contexts.
To take the course, a free registration is needed.
This course
describes Food Security Policies and explains when and why they are required.
The course also describes the process of Food Security Policy formulation,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
To take the course, a free registration is needed.
This course illustrates how markets operate
and how they relate to, and affect, food security and vulnerable households.
It describes market components and how they function, and introduces some of
the methods and indicators used to assess markets for improving food security
analysis.
To take the course, a free registration is needed.
This course introduces the concepts
and tools used in food security analysis. As a starting point, it defines the
concept of food security and its relationship to the concepts of
vulnerability, hunger, malnutrition and poverty. The course also provides
guidelines on how to interpret and use conceptual frameworks for analyzing
food security.
To take the course, a free registration is needed.
This course provides guidance in designing, writing and increasing the impact of food security reports in different contexts.To take the course, a free registration is needed.Available in English and French.
This course introduces and provides guidance in assessing different kinds of information systems related to food security analysis.To take the course, a free registration is needed.
Available in English and French.
