Transcript Group 3

Children of the big islands:
Food security indicator brainstorming session
Small Island Atoll Countries
Availability
 Average food consumption in monetary value ($/person/day)
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(HIES)
Ratio of value of food exports to value of food imports
(customs/trade data)
Share of household food expenditure on locally produced food
(HIES)
Share of food expenditure in total expenditure (HIES)
Average food consumption in dietary energy value
(kcal/person/day)
Share of food expenditure on purchased food.
Share of food expenditure on locally produced food.
Change in fish caught
Change in agricultural crops
Utilisation
 Health indicators that are relevant to health problems
in atoll countries
 E.g. Body mass index
 Instance of NCDs
 Birth weight
 Vitamin deficiency
Access
 Average income (individual or household level)
 Income inequality
 % of household without own land plot
 Rate of rural-urban migration (loss of own
production?)
 Disruption to transport/trade schedule
Stability
 Food component of CPI
 Inflation rate of prices of rice and other staple goods
 Rainfall (mm/month or year) – affects stability of food
production
 A measure of increased volatility in weather patterns.
 Number of extreme weather events e.g. cyclones,
droughts.
 Extent or rate of land degradation
 Salt water intrusion
 Seasonal change in fish stocks due to fish migration
The End
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