After the back-to-back Awareness Raising Forum and Level 1 Training on the IPC (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification) Protocol for Chronic Food Insecurity Analysis held 28-29 October 2014 and17-21 November, respectively, the analysis workshop to generate the first Philippines chronic food insecurity map will be held. The workshop is scheduled on 20-24 January under the facilitation of 2 technical experts from the IPC Global Support Unit of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
The analysis will focus on classifying the 18 provinces of the Philippines that include 13 priority provinces of the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) according to IPC’s four levels of chronic food insecurity (low, moderate, high, and very high).
The IPC analysts are composed of the 31IPC-trained sectoral staff from government, nongovernment organizations, academia, and UN agencies. Ongoing preparation include data sharing and processing in preparation for the analysis proper using the web-based tool called the information support system (ISS). Data sources include the DOST-FNRI for anthropometric and food security data, and the Philippines Statistics Authority for poverty statistics and food and income expenditure data. IPC aims to provide decision-makers information on the severity, magnitude and determinants of chronic food insecurity in identified priority provinces to guide in nutrition and food security policy and program formulation.
As the institutional home of IPC in the Philippines, the National Nutrition Council of the DOH with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) provides overall directions in the implementation of IPC in the Philippines since 2008. IPC is being implemented at various levels in over 50 countries, to provide globally comparable and robust food security analyses, for better understanding of acute and chronic food insecurity situations and evidence-based nutrition and food security decisions.
