Table 2 An essence, the objectives and methodical approaches to the assessment of indicators of food security and nutrition
monitoring (SDG Target 2.1) under the new Global Agenda "Sustainable Development Goals – 2016-2030"
Indicator
Essence
Objectives
Methodological approaches to assessment
SM – the
scale of
malnutrition
spread
An assessment
of the
proportion of
individuals in
the whole
population (%)
who consume
insufficient
amount of food
The indicator used by
FAO from 1996 to
monitor the achievement
of the purpose set by the
World Food Summit, and
later the MDG 1c at
national, regional and
global levels.
Currently used for
monitoring of SDG 2
implementation
The indicator is calculated relative to population on basis of
probabilistic distribution of the energy value of the normal daily diet
of "middle man". The distribution parameters are estimated using
available information about the national food offer, food consumption
sharing by households or individuals, as well as the characteristics of
the population, determining the need for food energy. The total
probability of usual consumption for that average individual, which
is below the lower limit of the normal range needs, adopted for
evaluation of the SM
SPFSA – the
scale of
perception of
food security
absence
The evaluation
of people’s
ability to get a
food
Monitoring of SDG 2
implementation
Methods of SPFSA provides accurate and timely information on the
ability of people to get a food, on basis of eight simple questions
related to the types of behavior and experience, typical situations
which limited the possibility of food obtaining. The combined set of
answers to eight points of SPFSA, analyzed through the prism of
rigorous methods of the theory of latent traits, allows to determine
for each respondent the probability of belonging to any possible
class of food insecurity, based on the scale of severity
Source: formed according to FAO [3]
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