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Food security
Food security is achieved "when all people at all times have physical and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life."
The boxes above show:
- The number and percentage of people in IPC/CH phases 3 and higher and in IPC/CH Phase 2 for the two last periods analysed. The colour refers to the IPC/CH phase of the country according to the 20% rule. These indicators are used to assess the severity and magnitude of food crises.
- The prevalence of undernourishment (PoU) and the number of people undernourished that estimate the proportion/number of the country population that are not able to get an adequate number of calories yearly given the national food availability of food.
- The score and the rank of the country according to the Global Food insecurity Index (GFSI), a composite indicator that rates the capacity of a country to achieve food security.
IPC/CH Analysis
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is an innovative multi-partner initiative for improving food security and nutrition analysis and decision-making. The IPC provides a standard on how to combine several food security indicators including food consumption levels, livelihoods changes, nutritional status, and mortality, and, triangulates them with several contributing factors (food availability, access, utilization and stability, and vulnerability and hazards) analyzed within local contexts to assess the magnitude and severity of acute food insecurity situation. The severity levels are called IPC Phases and are: (1) Minimal/None, (2) Stressed, (3) Crisis, (4) Emergency, (5) Catastrophe/Famine.
Note: the geographical coverage of the IPC may differ across years and one should be careful in comparing the data over time.
IPC population figures
IPC population figures for all countries
PoU
The Prevalence of undernourishment indicator measures the percentage of the population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, i.e the percentage of the population whose food intake is insufficient to meet dietary energy requirements continuously. Data showing as 5 may signify a prevalence of undernourishment below 5%. Data on undernourishment are from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
GFSI
The Global Food Security Index (GFSI) is a composite indicator aiming at monitoring progress towards food security at country level. It was designed by the Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by DuPont. It is produced annually since 2012 and covers more than 100 countries. The conceptual framework of the GFSI is based on three dimensions of food security - namely affordability, availability and quality and safety. It uses a total of 28 indicators grouped in 3 domains: affordability (6 indicators), availability (11 indicators), and quality and safety (11 indicators). The index focuses on contributing factors to food security rather than on outcomes such as food consumption or the nutritional status of the population. Data sources include the Economist Intelligence Unit database as well as World Bank, FAO, WFP, and the World Trade Organization indicators.
Nutrition
EC calculations
WHA targets are a set of six targets to be achieved by 2025 that were endorsed in 2012 at the World Health Assembly. It include a reduction of 40% of the number of stunted children, 50% of anemia in women at reproductive age and 30% reduction in low birth weight, no increase in childhood overweight, an increase to 50% of the rate of exclusive breastfeeding before the first 6 months of a child and reduction of wasting below 5 %. See the related tab on for more details
WHA Global Targets 2025
Recognizing that accelerated global action is needed to address the problem of the double burden of malnutrition, in 2012 the World Health Assembly (WHA) Resolution 65.6 endorsed a Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition, which specified a set of six global nutrition targets that by 2025.
This dashboard explore country’s performance in achieving the targets fixed.
Stunting
TARGET: 40% reduction in the number of children under-5 who are stunted
Stunting, or being too short for one’s age, is defined as a height that is more than two standard deviations below the World Health Organization (WHO) child growth standards median. Stunting has long-term effects on individuals and societies, including: diminished cognitive and physical development, reduced productive capacity and poor health, and an increased risk of degenerative diseases such as diabetes.
is OFFON TRACK to achieve the target of as, if current trends continue, projections indicate that children under 5 years will be stunted in 2025.
No predictions can be made in respect of the 2025 target of , since the indicator needed to calculate the current trend is not available for .
Anaemia
TARGET: 50% reduction of anaemia in women of reproductive age
Anaemia is a condition in which the number of red blood cells or their oxygen-carrying capacity is insufficient to meet physiologic needs. The causes are variable, it is estimated that half of cases are due to iron deficiency. Anaemia impairs health and well being in women and increases the risk of maternal and neonatal adverse outcomes.
is OFFON TRACK to achieve the target of as, if current trends continue, projections indicate that women of reproductive age will be anaemic in 2025.
No predictions can be made in respect of the 2025 target of , since the indicator needed to calculate the current trend is not available for .
Low birth weight
TARGET: 30% reduction in low birth weight
Low birth weight is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as weight at birth less than 2500 g (5.5 lb). Low birthweight is closely associated with foetal and neonatal mortality and morbidity, inhibited growth and cognitive development, and chronic diseases later in life.
Childhood overweight
TARGET: No increase in childhood overweight
There has been a dramatic rise in the numbers of children under 5 years of age who are overweight. Children who are overweight or obese are at a higher risk of developing serious health problems, including type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma and other respiratory problems. They may also suffer from psychological effects, such as low self-esteem, depression and social isolation. Childhood overweight and obesity also increase the risk of obesity, noncommunicable diseases, premature death and disability in adulthood.
To reach the global target of no increase, the number of overweight children in should be less than in 2025.
Breastfeeding
TARGET: Increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months up to at least 50%
Exclusive breastfeeding – defined as the practice of only giving an infant breast-milk for the first 6 months of life (no other food or water) – has the single largest potential impact on child mortality of any preventive intervention. It serves as a child’s first immunization – providing protection from respiratory infections, diarrhoeal disease, and other potentially life-threatening ailments. Exclusive breastfeeding also has a protective effect against obesity and certain noncommunicable diseases later in life.
To reach the global target of a 50% increase, the number of children exclusively breastfed in should be at least in 2025.
Wasting
TARGET: Reduce and maintain childhood wasting to less than 5%
Wasting or thinness is defined as less than two standard deviations below the median weight for height of the reference population, indicates in most cases a recent and severe process of weight loss, often associated with acute starvation and/or severe disease. However, wasting may also be the result of a chronic unfavourable condition.
To reach the global target of a reduction to less than 5%, the number of wasted children in should be less than in 2025.
EU commitments on nutrition
Decisions were analysed using the SUN methodology and the score and amount applied to nutrition is based on it.
Commitments are categorized according to the SUN methodology. Specific mean that the financial investment is nutrition specific and that 100% of the commitments is considered. It correspond to the DAC code 12240. Partial means that the project is nutrition sensitive. The amount considered can be either 100% (dominant) or 25 % (partial) of the commitment.
The aid type reported here correspond the OECD –DAC aid types
The purpose codes displayed here are the main OECD- DAC purpose codes for sector classification reported to OECD. Some decisions can contain several codes and this information is not visible in this graph.
CommitmentA commitment is a firm obligation, expressed in writing and backed by the necessary funds, undertaken by an official donor to provide specified assistance to a recipient country or a multilateral organisation. Bilateral commitments are recorded in the full amount of expected transfer, irrespective of the time required for the completion of disbursements. Commitments to multilateral organisations are reported as the sum of (i) any disbursements in the year reported on which have not previously been notified as commitments and (ii) expected disbursements in the following year.
Biophysical indicators
LPD, Land Productivity Dynamics
Land productivity dynamics (LPD) are used as an indicator of change or stability of the land’s capacity to sustain primary production. The primary productivity of a stable land system is not a steady state, but may be highly variable between different years and vegetation growth cycles due to natural variation and/or human intervention. This recognizes that land productivity changes cannot be assessed meaningfully by comparing land productivity values of single reference years or averages of a few years, and underscores the need for approaches based on longer-term trends. The data presented here depicts the persistent trajectories of land productivity dynamics over the period of 1999 to 2013, rather than a single summary measure of land productivity over that period.
Analyses of trends and changes in land productivity may detect areas with persistent and active declines in primary productivity. These trends might point to ongoing land degradation rather than areas which have already reached a new equilibrium prior to the observation period.
LPD is a sub-indicator of SDG Indicator 15.3.1, i.e. the "proportion of land that is degraded over total land area". As the custodian agency for SDG 15.3, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has developed a Good Practice Guidance (GPG), providing recommendations on how to calculate SDG Indicator 15.3.1. and indicating LPD as one of the three sub-indicators.
LPD provides 5 qualitative classes of persistent land productivity trajectories during the available time window from 1999 to 2013. The 5 classes are combined measure of the intensity and persistence of negative or positive trends and changes in the satellite-measured photo-synthetically active vegetation cover over the observed period.
Class Value Description:
- Persistent decline in productivity
- Persistent moderate decline in productivity
- Stable, but stressed; persistent strong inter-annual productivity variations
- Stable productivity
- Persistent increase in productivity
Percentage of crop/rangeland growing period affected by drought conditions by year
This indicator is derived from the ASAP system and shows the percentage of time with active vegetation when the Anomaly Hot Spots of Agricultural Production (ASAP) was signaling possible agricultural production anomalies for more than 25 percent of the crop areas and rangeland areas.
The indicator is useful to know quickly in what years crop or rangelands in a particular country were exposed to major climate shocks (mainly drought related) as well as to know which countries are exposed to such shocks with a high frequency. It can also be used as a proxy of agricultural drought occurrence.