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    One of the key objectives of FAO-FIVIMS is to promote a better understanding of the characteristics and causes of hunger, food insecurity
    Glossary: food insecurity
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    A situation that exists when people lack secure  access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food for normal  growth and development and an active and healthy life. It may be caused  by the unavailability of food, insufficient purchasing power,  inappropriate distribution, or inadequate use of food at the household  level. Food insecurity, poor conditions of health and sanitation, and  inappropriate care and feeding practices are the major causes of poor  nutritional status. Food insecurity may be chronic, seasonal or  transitory. 
    and vulnerability
    Glossary: vulnerability
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    The presence of factors that place people at risk of becoming food insecure or malnourished, including those factors that affect their ability to cope.
    , and to respond to their root causes through improved policy and programme formulation, targeting, implementation and monitoring of interventions at local, national regional and global levels.

    With respect to the latter, FAO-FIVIMS supports two types of activities:
    1. Global assessment and monitoring of progress towards hunger reduction targets; and
    2. Normative activities aimed at improving methods, techniques and tools for FIVIMS at national level.
     
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    Key publications

    Making FIVIMS work for you: Tools and Tips
    Making FIVIMS work for you: Tools and Tips
    FIVIMS Tools and Tips is a set of methodological tools to assist in the development of FIVIMS at country level.
    Choosing a method for poverty mapping
    Choosing a method for poverty mapping
    Poverty and food insecurity are heterogeneous phenomena in most countries; types and depth of poverty, measured in different ways, vary between and within countries and regions.
    Background and Principles for National FIVIMS
    Background and Principles for National FIVIMS
    A guide for developing or strengthening food security and vulnerability analysis capacity at national level.
    Guidelines for Measuring Household and Individual Dietary Diversity
    Guidelines for Measuring Household and Individual Dietary Diversity
    The Dietary Diversity tool measures the number of different food groups eaten in the previous 24 hours by individuals or households, reflecting food access and quality of the diet.

    Guidelines

    Handbooks


    IRIN - Food Security