Food and Nutrition Security assessment tools (IPC/CH)

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. 

1. The Integrated food security Phase Classification (IPC) and 
2. 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