Food and Nutrition Security assessment tools (IPC/CH)

29th September 2017
by secretary

Paepard

28 September 2017. InfoPoint Lunchtime conference: Food and Nutrition Security assessment tools (IPC/CH).

Today, international community has a common vision on the food crises in the world. This is made possible by the outputs from the consensus-based tools of food and nutrition security assessment used on the field. JRC is a key partner of the UN agencies (FAO-WFP) and other organization in the scientific development and technical implementation of those tools.

Presentation: Tharcisse Nkunzimana, Scientific Officer – JRC-ISPRA, Unit D5, Food Security. He is a senior researcher in food and nutrition security analysis based in JRC- ISPRA. He delivered an introduction to the two common tools used.

The Integrated food security Phase Classification (IPC) and
the Cadre harmonise/harmonized framework (CH) used in West Africa

The tools were presented with a focus on the technical implementation and some challenges.

Video: https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/news-and-events/science-development_en

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