A Consultative Workshop on

"Food Security Information and Knowledge Sharing System (FSIS)”

For Strengthening National Cooperation and Knowledge Exchange

For Agriculture and Food Security in Sudan"

Project GCP/SUD/038 "Food Security Policy and Strategy Capacity Building Programme.

Khartoum, 27 – 29 December 2015

Magdi Latif

Regional Knowledge and Information Management Officer

FAO Partnership, Advocacy and Capacity Development Division

FAORNE

A Consultative Workshop on

"Food Security Information and Knowledge Sharing System (FSIS)”

For Strengthening National Cooperation and Knowledge Exchange

For Agriculture and Food Security in Sudan"

Project GCP/SUD/038 "Food Security Policy and Strategy Capacity Building Programme.

Khartoum, 27 – 29 December 2015

National Agricultural Information and Knowledge Exchange Systems/Networks - NAIS

Regional Thematic Knowledge Networks

Agricultural Information and Knowledge Exchange Systems/Networks

National Agricultural Information and Knowledge Exchange

Systems/Networks

Agricultural Information and Knowledge Exchange Systems/Networks

Food Security Information and Knowledge Sharing System (FSIS)

• Capacity Development for institutes in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and Other Stakeholders.

• Development and management of relevant and effective national Food Security Information System in support of food security and sustainable agricultural development.

Achievements:

• Networked all Food Security institutions through a National gateway/Portal ==== To strengthen and improve Food Security information generation, management, dissemination, sharing and exchange for policy-makers, senior managers and national stakeholder groups working

Using Web-Based Platform and Mobile Technology.

A national platform to strengthen and improve Food Security

information generation, management, dissemination, sharing

and exchange

Food Security Information System (FSIS) Interfaces

1. Frontend Interface The frontend components provide the information retrieval/browsing functionalities, and are available to any site user.

1. Backend Interface

The backend components provide the data management functionalities that enable system administrators to Add/update/delete data items into the FSIS Network database.

http://foodsecurity.sudanagriculture.net

Food Security Information and

Knowledge Sharing System

Backend of Food Security Information and Knowledge Sharing System

• Share (one-many)

• Store / Retrieve

• Collaborate / Interact

• Decide

• Learn

• Notify

• Support

• Monitor

Food Security Information System (FSIS)

• Definitions

– Problem/Purpose/Benefits

• Guidelines

– Categories

– Functions

– Resources: FSS Support Group

• Work Plan

– Tools and methodologies

– Pilot network selection

– Training

– Implementation and analysis

– Upscaling

Functions Development Process

• AGMES – Agricultural Metadata Element Set

• AGRIS Application Profile

• AGROVOC Arabic/English

• Real Simple Syndicate - RSS

• Open Archives Initiative Compliance

• Online Web services

• Software – MySQL Open Source

• CIARD Manifesto and a common set of Principles

Information Standards and Tools

for Content Management

www.fao.org/aims

To develop and promote interoperability standards

to facilitate the efficient dissemination of content.

interoperability is connecting

people, data and diverse

systems.

Mobilizing and Providing Access to

Agricultural Information

• AGRIS – Providing agricultural research and development institutions with an avenue to publish and disseminate the outputs of their work

• AGORA - Providing access to the world’s scientific literature in agriculture in peer-reviewed learned journals.

• CIARD – Providing commitment to promote the sharing of data, information, and knowledge in a global network of truly public collections of information, based on a Manifesto and a common set of Principles.

Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD)

Availability: Information is stored in digital formats, with clearly defined copyright,

managed in one or more institutionally-owned, thematic or other repositories, built

and structured according to accepted international standards.

Accessibility: Information is openly accessible for all users, and easily located via the

Internet from outside the institution using tools and services adopted by the international

community.

Applicability: Research planning, implementation and communication are an inclusive

process bringing together all perspectives and knowledge. Research outputs and

messages are adapted for easy access, use and re-use by different stakeholders,

increasing the public benefits derived from the research.

Partners in the CIARD initiative have made a collective commitment

to promote the sharing of data, information, and knowledge in a

global network of truly public collections of information, based on a

Manifesto and a common set of Principles.

Benefits of Sudan Food Security Information System Connect people who might not otherwise have the opportunity to

interact, either as frequently or at all.

Provide a shared context for people to communicate and share

information, stories, and personal experiences in a way that builds

understanding and insight.

Stimulate learning by serving as a vehicle for authentic

communication, mentoring, coaching, and self-reflection.

Capture and diffuse existing knowledge to help people improve their

practice by providing a forum to identify solutions to common problems

and a process to collect and evaluate best practices.

Introduce collaborative processes to groups and organizations as

well as between organizations to encourage the free flow of ideas and

exchange of information.

Help people organize around purposeful actions that deliver tangible

results.

Generate new knowledge to help people transform their practice to

accommodate changes in needs and technologies.

Benefits of Sudan Food Security System

• Address stakeholders’ needs more effectively,

• Coherence and Synergies in information management,

• Use of agreed standards, methodologies and tools.

• Sharing and Exchange of information and knowledge,

• A collaborative system and effective communication,

• Enhanced technical cooperation and collaboration,

• Reduced cost of operation, Reduced time/cost/effort of

developing national information systems/networks,

Success Factors for National Food Security System

1. Commitment for contribution/collaboration at national level;

2. Focus on capacity building at national level;

3. Existence of a national information strategy;

4. Development of a Secretariat role for national activities;

5. Focus on community of practice amongst the info specialists;

6. Raising awareness of ICM issues at Manager./political levels;

7. Formation of strategic partnerships amongst the major

stakeholder organizations.

1. AVAILABILITY 2. ACCESSIBILITY 3. STABILITY 4. UTILIZATION

1. Average dietary energy

supply adequacy

1. Percent of paved roads

over total roads

1. Cereal import

dependency ratio

1. Access to improved

water sources

2. Average value of food

production

2. Road density 2. Percent of arable land

equipped for irrigation

2. Access to improved

sanitation facilities

3. Share of dietary energy

supply derived from

cereals, roots and tubers

3. Rail lines density 3. Value of food imports

over total merchandise

exports

3. Percentage of children

under 5 years of age

affected by wasting

4. Average protein supply 4. Gross domestic product

per capita (in purchasing

power equivalent

4. Political stability and

absence of

violence/terrorism

4. Percentage of children

under 5 years of age who

are stunted

5. Average supply of protein

of animal origin

5. Domestic food price

index

5. Domestic food price

volatility

5. Percentage of children

under 5 years of age who

are underweight

6. Prevalence of

undernourishment

6. Per capita food

production variability

6. Percentage of adults

who are underweight

7. Share of food

expenditure of the poor

7. Per capita food supply

variability

7. Prevalence of anaemia

among pregnant women

8. Depth of the food deficit 8. Prevalence of anaemia

among children under 5

years of age

9. Prevalence of food

inadequacy

9. Prevalence of vitamin A

deficiency in the

population

10. Prevalence of iodine

deficiency

FAO - Food Security Indicators Monitoring System

AVAILABILITY ACCESSIBILITY UTILIZATION STABILITY

FOOD BALANCE SHEETS PRICES

MALNUTRITION

CEREALS IMPORTS DEPENDENCY RATIO

Domestic supply Production Quantity, Import, Export, Available for use

Producer prices International “$”, National “LE”, Price production index “PPI”

under five children ”T, M, F’ Stunting (No. , %), Wasting (No. , %), Under weight (No., %), Over weight (No.,%)

Self-sufficiency ratio

Domestic utilization Feed , Seeds, Industry, Waste, Food available, Extraction%, Net food available

Consumer prices Wholesale price, Ration price, Consumer price index (CPI)

Infant mortality rate

Food Gap

Per Capita supply Quantity Per Capita / Year, Quantity Per Capita / day, Energy Per Capita / day, CHO Per Capita / day, Protein Per Capita / day, Fat Per Capita / day

ACCESS INDICATORS

Adults “T, M, F” Under weight (No. , %), Over weight (No. , %), Obesity (No. , %)

PERCENT OF ARABLE LAND EQUIPPED FOR IRRIGATION

Stock First period, Last Period

Gross Domestic Production “GDP”

MICRO NUTRIENTS DEFICIENCY “blood”, “Food”

VALUE OF FOOD IMPORTS OVER TOTAL MERCHANDISE EXPORTS

FOOD PRODUCTION Domestic food production Index “DFPI” > five children ”T, M, F’ Vit. A Def. ”VAD”(No., %), Anemia “ÏDA”(No., %), Iodine “ÏDD” (No., %), Zinc deficiency (No., %)

DOMESTIC FOOD PRICE VOLATILITY

Agro economic Production, Productivity, Harvest Area

Share of food purchase

Pregnant Vit. A Def. ”VAD”(No., %), Anemia “ÏDA”(No., %), Iodine “ÏDD” (No., %), Zinc deficiency (No., %)

CRISIS

Production Indices Gross No., Per Capita (No.)

Food purchases Quantity, Price “LE”/ unit

Dietary diversity score Vit. A Def. ”VAD”(No., %), Anemia “ÏDA”(No., %), Iodine “ÏDD” (No., %), Zinc deficiency (No., %)

Natural Change Mortality rate, Anthropometric, Type of Aids, Changes Food access

AVAILABILITY INDICATORS IMPROVED WATER SOURCES

Political

Value of Agriculture Production IMPROVED SANITATION FACILITIES

Dietary energy Supply (DES) FAT, CHO, PROTEIN , Plant protein “as % from DES”, Animal protein “as% from DES”

N N N N

N

N

S

S S

S

Sudan Food Security Dimensions

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Sudan Agricultural Information System

Food Security Information and Knowledge Sharing System

Al Qadarif State Blue Nile State Kassala State Red Sea State

Other States

Food Security

Experts Projects Publications

National

Data Entry Data Entry Data Entry

NAIS Sudan

Nutrition Market Theme

Al Qadarif State Blue Nile State Kassala State Red Sea State State

Level of

Food

Security

Type of data Indicators

Level of

availability of

data

Source Comments

AV

AIL

AB

ILIT

Y

Eco

no

mic

GDP in current prices

National

CAPMAS,

DHS, World

Development

Indicators

GDP real growth

CAPMAS

Agriculture as % of GDP

Exchange rate

Balance of trade

Food imports in quantity and value

Cereals imports/ exports in quantity and values

Unemployment rates

Food self suffiency ratios

Food import dependency ratio

Cereal import dependency ratio

Nu

trit

ion

Dietary energy supply (DES) available in kcal/day per person

Economic

Sector Affair

MALR

Availability of cereals per person, as % 0 DES

Total protein availability per person, as % 0 DES

Availability of protein of animal origin per person

Availability of fat per person, as % 0 DES

Level of

Food

Security

Type of data Indicators

Level of

availability of

data

Source Comments A

CC

ESSI

BIL

ITY

Eco

no

mic

International prices International

FAO

Website

Producer price

National

Economic

Sector

Affair

MALR

for key

commodities

for Food

Security

Wholesale and Consumer price Index MSS, local

Market

Food price Index CAPMAS

Agriculture price index

prices of subsidized commodities MSS, local

Market

Nu

trit

ion

Average household income, as % of the legal minimum wage

CAPMAS

Household

income and

expenditure

survey

% of household food expenditure in relation to total expenditure

Distribution of households by income (or total expenditure)

level per person

% of the population with access to (and/or consuming) iron fortified

foods

Mar

ket

Level of

Food

Security

Type of data Indicators

Level of

availability of

data

Source Comments U

TILI

ZATI

ON

Nu

trit

ion

population in different age group CAPMAS

Urban/rural population shares

Maternal mortality rate CAPMAS,

EDHS

Under 5 mortality rate

infant fortuity rate

% of stunted children under five years old

National,

Governorate EDHS, NNI

% of wasted children under five years old

% of underweight children under five years old

% of underweight adults using BMI

prevalence of (anemia, Vit A, Iodine) in < 5 year