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Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping System (FIVIMS) for Asia

Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping System (FIVIMS) for Asia. Highlights of FIVIMS Work under the Asia FIVIMS Trust Fund Project GCP/RAS/170/JPN Naoki Minamiguchi Vulnerability Analysis Coordinator FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok 1 December 2003.

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Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping System (FIVIMS) for Asia

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  1. Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping System (FIVIMS) for Asia Highlights of FIVIMS Work under the Asia FIVIMS Trust Fund Project GCP/RAS/170/JPN Naoki Minamiguchi Vulnerability Analysis Coordinator FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok 1 December 2003

  2. What is a fivims ? Any system or network of systems that assembles, manages, analyses and disseminates information about people who are food insecure and/or malnourished, or are at risk of becoming food insecure and malnourished.

  3. • Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) Members include: UN agencies, World Bank, bilateral aid agencies, NGOs, regional groups FIVIMS Secretariat at FAO, Rome National FIVIMS Partners in Asia and the Pacific FIVIMS Focal Points National FIVIMS Secretariats Inter-Ministerial FIVIMS Committees Technical Sub-Committees Core Analyst Groups FIVIMS Structures

  4. National, and appropriate sub-national, information coverage of food security, vulnerability and malnutrition National ownership Basic questions: WHO is food insecure, vulnerable and/or malnourished? WHERE are they located? WHY are they food insecure, vulnerable and/or malnourished? HOWMANY? Coordinated cross-sectoral coverage; indicators on food availability, access (poverty), health, care, nutritional status Information produced and disseminated is effectively used by decision makers and action programmes Valid, timely, relevant and accessible information allows better decision-making and policy formulation Monitor progress towards food security, poverty reduction, and sustainable development goals and targets. National FIVIMS Principles

  5. National, and appropriate sub-national, information coverage of food security, vulnerability and malnutrition National ownership Basic questions: WHO is food insecure, vulnerable and/or malnourished? WHERE are they located? WHY are they food insecure, vulnerable and/or malnourished? HOWMANY? Coordinated cross-sectoral coverage; indicators on food availability, access (poverty), health, care, nutritional status Information produced and disseminated is effectively used by decision makers and action programmes Valid, timely, relevant and accessible information allows better decision-making and policy formulation Monitor progress towards food security, poverty reduction, and sustainable development goals and targets. National FIVIMS Principles

  6. Projects at National Level • - FAO TCP Project on FIVIMS • India (and a request for assistance to Myanmar) • - Japan-funded “Asia FIVIMS Trust Fund Project” GCP/RAS/170/JPN • Bangladesh, Cambodia, Philippines, Sri Lanka & Thailand • - EC-Funded FIVIMS Project "Supporting Pilot Applications of the FIVIMS initiative in four Less Developed Countries and in four Small Island Developing States" • Samoa • - “Strengthening Information Systems to Guide Action Targeting the Poor and Food Insecure and Monitoring Progress towards the MDGs” FNPP/GLO/001/NET STO4 • Bangladesh & Cambodia • - “Strengthening National Food Security Information System” GCP/VIE/024/ITA • Viet Nam

  7. Regional Initiative - Regional Expert Consultation of the Asia-Pacific Network for Food and Nutrition (ANFN) In 1999, 2000 & 2002, ANFN meetings focused on: reviewing and strengthening the ongoing National FIVIMS initiative in the countries in the Region - Establishment of the “ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS)” Implemented by the ASEAN Secretariat linked with FIVIMS FAO’s direct support to AFSIS - Asia FIVIMS Trust Fund Project

  8. Four Main Areas of Project’s Activities Support to 5 selected countries: - Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka (and Bangladesh) • Institutional Establishment • Indicators, Methodologies and Vulnerability Assessments • Information Acquisition and Map Data Development • Information System Development/Enhancement

  9. Four Main Areas of Project’s Activities Support to 5 selected countries: - Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka (and Bangladesh) • Institutional Establishment • Indicators, Methodologies and Vulnerability Assessments • Information Acquisition and Map Data Development • Information System Development/Enhancement

  10. Institutional Establishment Objective: Formalize/Operationalize FIVIMS in the National Development and Poverty Alleviation Context CAMBODIA • Establishment of National FIVIMS Committee, Technical Subcommittee and FIVIMS Secretariat • FIVIMS Core Analyst Group • FIVIMS Network • Manual of Operations • Linkage with the MDGs and PRSP Processes

  11. Institutional Establishment Objective: Formalize/Operationalize FIVIMS in the National Development and Poverty Alleviation Context CAMBODIA • Establishment of National FIVIMS Committee, Technical Subcommittee and FIVIMS Secretariat • FIVIMS Core Analyst Group • FIVIMS Network • Manual of Operations • Linkage with the MDGs and PRSP Processes WORKHORSES !! Advisory Group including NGOs Defining “How to do FIVIMS”

  12. Four Main Areas of Project’s Activities Support to 5 selected countries: - Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka (and Bangladesh) • Institutional Establishment • Indicators, Methodologies and Vulnerability Assessments • Information Acquisition and Map Data Development • Information System Development/Enhancement

  13. Identifying Vulnerable Areas & Populations “Indicators to Identify Vulnerable Provinces in Thailand” (A) FOOD INSECURITY AND NUTRITION OUTCOMES • Low birth weight (LBW) • PEM for under-5 children (Thai reference median) • Anaemia during pregnancy • Per capita food consumption Vulnerability = Risks + Coping Capacity (B) Other RISK FACTORS and COPING MECHANISM • Socio-economic & demographic factors • Socio-cultural condition & educational factors • Food production, environmental conditions and other risks factors

  14. Identifying Vulnerable Areas & Populations Expenditure Income Balance - “income sufficiency for expenditure” NSO Socio-economic Survey considers “income sufficiency for expenditure” a good indicator of vulnerability in Thailand. Thailand is regularly monitoring provinces where expenditure exceeds income. Data Source and Availability National Statistics Office (NSO) conducts a Household Socio-Economic Survey every two years

  15. Identifying Vulnerable Areas & Populations Prevalence of PEM or Underweight (6 m. - 5 yrs old) Trend 1996-98 Weight-for-age is an outcome of both short and long-term food shortages or another form of vulnerability. Therefore, weight-for-age of under-5 children is recommended one of the main variables for the Philippine FIVIMS Data Source National Nutrition Surveys Food and Nutrition Research Institute Department of Science and Technology

  16. Identifying Vulnerable Areas & Populations Dropout Rate (Primary Education) Families in economic crisis tend to take their working age children out from school to cut family expenses and to increase income. When households face with financial distress, they usually limit consumption and cut expenses, while work age children in secondary school often have to leave school to reduce family expenses and help earn incomes. Data Source Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS)

  17. Identifying Vulnerable Areas & Populations Vulnerable Provinces in Thailand

  18. Identifying Vulnerable Areas & Populations Vulnerable Areas by Province (Philippines) 77 provinces (excluding NCR) were classified into 9 groups of provinces according to the level of vulnerability to food insecurity. 38 provinces could be considered vulnerable due to the concomitance of different factors contributing to their vulnerabilities. V = Vulnerable NotV = Not Vulnerable Ave = Average

  19. Identifying Vulnerable Areas & Populations However, more disaggregated or lower level analysis is required:  to better answer the FIVIMS questions: who, where, why, how many “exclusion and inclusion” problem  to characterise/classify households according to food insecurity and vulnerability typologies By utilizing household surveys and census data where applicable for in-depth VA and VGP.

  20. Identifying Vulnerable Areas & Populations

  21. Four Main Areas of Project’s Activities Support to 5 selected countries: - Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka (and Bangladesh) • Institutional Establishment • Indicators, Methodologies and Vulnerability Assessments • Information Acquisition and Map Data Development • Information System Development/Enhancement

  22. FIVIMS Tools • Stand-alone Key Indicators Mapping System (KIMS) Software • for PC users • Web-based Key Indicators Data System (KIDS) • Dynamic FIVIMS Data Mapping, Management and Dissemination System (www.asiafivims.net)

  23. Applications of Asia KIDS --- FAO and non-FAO web sites using the Asia KIDS technologies --- TEMS - Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites url:http://www.fao.org/gtos/tems/maps.jspStatus: On line GLiPHA - Global Livestock Production and Health Atlas url:http://www.fao.org/ag/aga/glipha/index.jspStatus: Online WHO - WHO Global Database on Body Mass Index url : http://www.who.int/bmi/index.jsp Status: Online FIGIS - Fisheries Global Information System url: http://www.fao.org/fi/figis/index.jspStatus: in production WIEWS - World Information and Early Warning System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture url: http://apps3.fao.org/wiews/Status: in production

  24. More Information on FIVIMS? www.fivims.net www.asiafivims.net fivims-secretariat@fao.org

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