Indicators, Tools, and Instruments

Indicators, Tools, and Instruments

How do we measure Food Security and Nutrition?


Examples of the most commonly used indicators are shown in the table below.
 

Social Level Availability Accessibility Utilisation Stability
Macro
(national)		 Fertility rate
Food Production
Population Flows		 Food price
Wages
Per capita food consumption		 Stunting rate
Wasting rate
Low Birth Weight rate		 Food price fluctuation
Regional gaps
Meso
(province, district, commune, village)		 Harvest-time staple food production Market and retail food prices Latrine coverage
Diarrhoeal Disease rate		 Pre-/post harvest food
Women's Body Mass Index
Micro
(household/family, individual)		 Food storage
Consumption of wild foods		 Meal frequency
Food frequency
Employment		 Weight-for-age
Goiter
Anaemia		 Pre-harvest food practices
Migration


Intervention Tools & Instruments


Below are some examples of interventions used in FNS programmes to address food and nutrition insecurity at different social levels
 

Social Level Availability Accessibility Utilisation Stability
Macro
(national)		 Family planning programme Food stamps programme Safe motherhood programme Saving and loan policy
Meso
(province, district, commune, village)		 Small-scale irrigation project School feeding programme Measles immunisation campaign Community Planning Committees
Micro
(household/family, individual)		 Use of fertiliser Breastfeeding coaching Latrine construction
Growth chart		 Food storage

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