Activities ('ha/ler 2



 Activity 2-3
 Measuring Food Availability



Participants will be given a number of different data sets for the country being used in this
training course. These will include, as and when available:

 Food Balance Sheets
 recent calculations of the AHFSI
 results of a regional anthropometric survey
 results of a food consumption survey for the same region


Using this data, analyse the food security situation for the region and for the country.

If data are not available, the following data for Mideastia can be used.

Table 1

 Consumption and Food Security Data for Mideastia, 1988-1990

Average Food Consumption. from Food Balance Sheet

Food Group 1990 1992
 Kcal/Caput Kg/Caput Kcal/Caput Kg/Caput

Cereals 1440 160.4 1253 139.4
Starch roots 10 5.6 10 5.7
Sugar crops 16 20.4 22 27.1
Pulses 49 5.1 46 4.8
Oilcrops 5 0.5 5 0.6
Vegetable Oil 250 11.2 280 12.5
Vegetables 21 27.6 22 28.0
Fruits 42 31.5 39 30.4
Meat 61 12.9 64 13.7
Animal Fats 75 3.2 79 3.3
Eggs 6 1.6 6 1.6
Fish 3 1.9 4 2.4

Vegetable Products 2109 1982
Animal Products 323 334

Total 2432 2316

Average calorie
requirement 2261

AHFSI 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
(Aggregate Household
Food
Security Index) 74.2 80.9 80.8 76.6 79.2 79.3