SELECTING INDICATORS FOR NATIONAL FIVIMS

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SELECTING INDICATORS FOR NATIONAL FIVIMS

• Yassin Wehelie, FAO
• APERI, Tehran, I.R. Iran
• 23-25 October 2007

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What is a food security indicator?
Indicators are constructed from a set of data, or
measurements, of food security-related
conditions. For example, DES as the indicator
used by FAO to measure undernourishment (i.e.
Kcal/day/person)
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Choosing among indictors

• Generally, there are large number of indicators
  to choose from
• Indicators may have different ways of measuring
  them
• Thus, factors to consider in choosing among
  different indictors are
• Cost of collecting basic information
• Ease of processing and analyzing the information

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Chosen indicators should be

• Relevant to FS context and local systems
• Credible and universally understood
• Time sensitive

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The 15 information domains of FIVIMS

• FIVIMS IAWG has identified 15 information domains
  for collecting and organizing relevant indicators
• These domains are grouped into
• National sub-national context (6 domains)
• National food economy (3)
• Household context (3)
• Individual outcome (3)

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Recommended process for choosing indicators for
FIVIMS

• Review a large number of possible indictors
  (suggestive list provided in the Tools Tips)
• Add needed country-specific indicators
• Evaluate each indicator as to whether it fulfils
  requirements
• Drop or retain indicators on the basis of the
  above
• Basic information for some indictors may be
  lacking, thus, decide what to do

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