Food and Nutrition Security Analysis

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  • Location Nairobi, Kenya
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  • Date 18-01-2021 - 29-01-2021
Training or Development Class Title
Food and Nutrition Security Analysis
Event Type
Training or Development Class
Training or Development Class Date
18-01-2021 to 29-01-2021
Last Date for Applying
11-01-2021
Location
Nairobi, Kenya
Organization Name / Organize By
FineResults Research Services
Organizing/Related Departments
FineResults Research Services
Organization Type
Organization
Training or Development ClassCategory
Both (Technical & Non Technical)
Training or Development ClassLevel
All (State/Province/Region, National & International)
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Education/Teaching/Training/Development

Agriculture/Agribusiness

Location
Nairobi, Kenya

 

FineResults Research Services invites you to training on:

Food and Nutrition Security Analysis

DATE: 18th to 29th January 2021

COST: USD 1600 Or Ksh 120000

REGISTER TO ATTEND

INTRODUCTION

Before any intervention on food and nutrition security, development agents start by analyzing the status of food and nutrition security. A number of tools are available for this type of analysis. In addition, technologies such as Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS), satellite imagery, mobile applications and statistical data analysis software are employed. This training course will equip participants with the knowledge and skills to analyze the food and nutrition security.

 

DURATION

10 Days

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES

By the end of this course the participants will be able to understand:

Key concepts of food and nutrition security

Various approaches to food and nutrition security interventions

Important tools used to analyze food and nutrition security

How to carry out food and nutrition security assessment at community level.

Key policies associated to food security

How to analyze food security via GIS and remote sensing

Food and nutrition security programming monitoring and evaluation

 

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1:

Introduction to food security

Meaning of food security

Concepts of food security

Food indicators

Food security causes and combating food insecurities

 

Module 2:

Approaches of food security analysis

Assessment of food security

Analyzing food security using Food Security Monitoring System (FSMS)

Food Security Contributing and Non-Food Security Contributing Factors

Targeting of the poorest groups and various other target groups

Approaches, methods and tools used by humanitarian agencies to measure livelihoods, food insecurity and vulnerability (Vulnerability Mapping for Food Security)

 

Module 3:

Assessment of Food Security

Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA)

Emergency Food Security Assessment (EFSA)

Joint Assessment Missions (JAM)

Crop and Food Supply Missions (CFSAM)

 

Module 4:

Tools of Food Security Analysis

Food policy analysis tools.

Agricultural commodity market tools

Agricultural input prices

Food security indicator & policy analysis tool

 

Module 5:

Introduction to GIS and R.S concepts in the context of food security.

GIS project design and setup

Sources of GIS data for food security

Basic use of GIS Software

Integrating data from different sources into a GIS

Using handheld GPS for field data collection

 

Module 6:

Geospatial analysis for agriculture and food security

Mapping areas of food insecurity

Introduction to Remote sensing

Remote Sensing in agriculture and food security.

Use of remote sensing and image analysis software

Image interpretation

Image classification

Change detection

 

Module 7:

Assessment using GIS and RS

The use of satellite imagery for food insecurity detection and recovery

Visualization of vulnerability information

Assessing food insecurity impact

 

Module 8:

Food Security Data Collection and Analysis

Household collection of data

Food security indicators

Indicators calculation

Indicators utilization for food security

 

Module 9:

Gender integration in Food Security

Gender-differentiated roles in agriculture and food security.

Gender-differentiated impacts in agriculture and food security.

Gender gaps in the agricultural sector.

Appropriate responses to close the gender gap in the agricultural sector in order to achieve food security.

Integrating of gender perspectives into agricultural and food security policies.

How to minimize gender barriers in the food industry.

 

Module 10:

Food Security Monitoring and Evaluation

Monitoring and evaluation concepts

Purpose of monitoring and evaluation

Approaches and methods

Evaluation criteria

Setting up an FSP monitoring and evaluation system

Linking M & E and food security information to other policy spheres

TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION

This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location. For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: +254 759 285 295. You can also email us on: [email protected]

 

REQUIREMENTS

Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

 

TRAINING FEE

The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

 

ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: +254 759 285 295 or Email: [email protected]

 

PAYMENT

Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Services bank  account before commencement of training. Send proof of payment through the email: [email protected]

 

CANCELLATION POLICY

  • All requests for cancellations must be received in writing.
  • Changes will become effective on the date of written confirmation being received.

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Edith Warigia

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