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FAO: New guidelines are to strengthen global foods security and malnutrition analysis
26.04.2019 17:18 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As of yesterday, a third version of the IPC Technical Manual containing new global guidelines to enhance food insecurity and malnutrition analysis were published within Rome by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) initiative, FAO reports.
As to the report, the third version of the IPC Technical Manual has been issued by food security and nutrition experts from 15 organizations after their having carried out thorough consultations and discussions.
In addition to the IPCs Acute Food Insecurity scale, the Manual contains two new scales, measuring chronic food insecurity and acute malnutrition. It also includes a new classification of the IPC Acute Food Insecurity scales Phase 5, called ‘Famine Likely.
Additionally, the updated manual introduces new data requirements to analyze areas with limited or no humanitarian access. The collection of high-quality food security and nutrition data in these locations has faced major challenges including security, legal and logistical constraints, often preventing humanitarian actors from reaching populations within emergencies.
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