food security cook islands, fsm, niue, palau, tonga,
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Food Security
Cook Islands, FSM, Niue, Palau, Tonga,
Availability1. Average consumption expenditures2. Average food consumption(quantity, dietary
energy value)3. Share of food expenditures from own
production to total food consumption expenditures
4. Share of food dietary energy from purchased to total dietary energy consumption
5. Land availability
Utilization• Average food protein, carbs, fat consumption• Cost of 100g proteins, carbs, fat • Share of calories from proteins, fats, carbs in
total calories• Share of animal protein in total protein
consumption• Correlation to lifestyle disease(NCDs)• Food quality and unhealthy food(cheaper and
accessible)
Access• GINI co-efficient• Economic Well-being– GDP per capita– Family Income
• CPI• Employment and Education• Measuring opportunities for people, being
under the poverty line eg. Education, Health services
• Transport to outer islands
Stability• Economical Stability– Food Price– Volatility of Food Prices(major staples, flour)
• Destructive and illegal practices(FSM, fishing) Risk Hazard– Natural Disasters– Rainfall/Drought– Sea level Rise(Kiribati, Tuvalu)– Ciguatera(fish poisoning)
• People are lazy/discouraged (unknown measurement)• Climate Change– Land degradation– Ocean warming - acidification
The ‘lazy indicator’