Side Events

­­­08:30 – 09:00

Introductory session

Moderator:

Mr. L. Alinovi (FAO, Rome)

Topic:

Deriving Food Security Statistics from National Household Surveys: Experiences,  Achievement, and Challenges

Speaker:

Mr. R. Sibrian (FAO)

9:00 – 10:30

Session 1: Food security statistics at sub national levels

Issue:

Deriving Food Security Statistics at Sub-national levels and Gender Analysis of  food Deprvation

Moderator:

Mr. G. Kvinikadze (Department of Statistics, Georgia)

Topic 1:

Region and Gender Analysis of Food Security Statistics in the 2003 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES 2003)

Speaker 1:

Ms. R. Ala- Fabian (National Statistical Office, Philippines)

Topic 2:

Sub-national estimates of  Food Security Statistics in the Laotian 2003 LECS

Speaker 2:

Mr. S. Boupha (National Statistical Centre, Laos)

Topic 3:

Food Security Statistics  by Regions and Gender in the Cambodian 2003/05 CSES

Speaker 3:

Mr. P. Pothy (National Institute of Statistics, Cambodia)

10:30 – 11:00

Tea/Coffee

11:00 - 12:30

Session 2:  Consumption versus  Acquisition approaches for deriving Food Security Statistics

Issue:

Discuss differences among food security statistics derived from food data collected using acquisition and consumption approaches

Moderator:

Mr. A. Joma (Ministry of Agriculture, Palestine)

Topic 4:

Food data collected using acquisition and consumption approaches with daily diaries in the Armenian 2004 ILCS

Speaker 4:

Ms. D. Martirosova ( National Statistical Service, Armenia)

Topic 5:

Food data collected using acquisition and consumption approaches with a 7-day recall method in the Kenyan 2005/6 KIHBS

Speaker 5:

Mr. J. Kaara (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics)

Topic 6:

Food data collected using consumption and intake approaches in Cape Verde 2001/02 IDRF

Speaker 6:

Mr. R. Sibrian (FAO)

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 15:00

Session 3: Using food security statistics for policy analysis

Issue:

Use of food security statistics for information and action by national stakeholders involved in food security

Moderator:

Mr. J. Kaara (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics)

Topic 7:

Monitoring food insecurity in Moldova based on the 2000 and 2006 HBS

Speaker 7:

Mr. O. Cara (National Bureau of Statistics, Moldova)

 Topic 8:

Using food security statistics for policy analysis and actions with long-term impact on hunger eradication based on the Palestinian 2005 PECS

Speaker 8:

Mr. A. Joma (Ministry of Agriculture, Palestine)

15:00 – 15:30

Tea/Coffee

15:30 – 16:30

Session 4: How to enhance analysis of Food Security Statistics

Issue:

Improvements on the statistical analysis of food consumption data from the national surveys.         

Moderator:

Mr. O. Cara (National Bureau of Statistics, Moldova)

 Topic 9:

Longitudinal analysis using panel data for assessing seasonality effects on the food security situation in Tajikistan 2005 HBS

Speaker 9:

Mr. R. Sibrian (FAO)

Topic 10:

Integrating MICS and HBS data to derive better estimates of food security statistics at subnational levels in Georgia

Speaker 10:

Mr. G. Kvinikadze (Department of Statistics, Georgia)

16:30 - 17:00

Closing ceremony

Moderator:

Mr. R. Sibrian (FAO)

Finalization session: General Discussions on issues and challenges of  food security statistics

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