Table 2 A compilation of indicators from the FAO, together with those incorporating sustainability as the long-term time dimension to the domains of food security
Food security domain Level | FAO suite of indicators for food security | Additional indicators for sustainability |
|---|---|---|
Availability | - Average dietary energy supply | Environment |
Regional | Adequacy | |
- Average value of food production | ||
- Share of dietary energy supply derived from cereals, roots and tubers | ||
- Average protein supply | ||
- Average supply of protein of animal origin | ||
Accessibility | - Percentage of paved roads | Economy |
Household | - Road density | |
- Rail lines density | ||
- Domestic food price index | ||
- Prevalence of undernourishment | ||
Utilization | - Access to water sources | Nutrition and health |
Individual | - Access to sanitation facilities | |
- Child (under-5) anthropometry | ||
Stability | - Cereal import dependency ratio | |
Exposure/ | - Percentage of arable land equipped for irrigation | |
Vulnerability | - Value of food imports over total merchandise exports | |
Stability | - Political stability and absence ofviolence/terrorism | |
Shock | - Variability in the domestic food price level index | |
- Variability in per capita food supply |