Food Security Level
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The severity of food insecurity experienced by the household, classified according to the FAO Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) severity levels.
Standard reference
FAO Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) (https://www.fao.org/in-action/voices-of-the-hungry/fies/en/)
Internationally standardized 8-question experience-based scale used by FAO for SDG 2.1.2 monitoring. The four severity levels below are derived from the raw FIES questionnaire responses.
Values
| Code | Label | Standard code | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
food_secure | Food secure | The household has reliable access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food. None of the FIES conditions are experienced. | |
mildly_insecure | Mildly food insecure | The household has experienced uncertainty about obtaining food or has been unable to eat healthy and nutritious food, but has not reduced quantity. | |
moderately_insecure | Moderately food insecure | The household has reduced the quality and/or quantity of food consumed. Adults may have skipped meals or gone without eating for a day. | |
severely_insecure | Severely food insecure | The household has experienced hunger. Adults have gone without eating for a whole day or more due to lack of resources. |
Referenced by this vocabulary
- FAO FIES Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Voices of the Hungry Technical Report No. 1, 2016