POVERTY and FOOD INSECURITY MAPPING

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POVERTY and FOOD INSECURITY MAPPING
CSI/CGIAR
Project Funding Government of Norway
(GCP/INT/761/NOR)
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Workshop Objectives

• Exchange of information on the Project Proposals
• Exposure to state-of-the-art in spatial analysis
• Improving the proposals through methodological
  development
• strengthening existing network

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The overall objective of the project

• To enhance scientific understanding of poverty
  and its relationship to food insecurity and
  vulnerability by placing these issues in a
  spatial context
• Making linkages between the environment and
  poverty and food insecurity

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1.TO APPLY GIS AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES TO
FOOD INSECURITY AND POVERTY REDUCTION
The main outputs of the Project
2. TO CONSTRUCT A CORE SET OF GIS FOOD INSECURITY
AND POVERTY REFERENCE MAPS
3. TO APPLY GIS TECHNOLOGIES ON A PILOT BASIS IN
FOUR COUNTRIES THAT ARE DEVELOPING NATIONAL FIVIMS
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The main outputs of the Project
4. TO DEVELOP A POVERTY AND FOOD INSECURITY
MAPPING NETWORK
5. TO GATHER AND DISSEMINATE THE BEST SCIENCE ON
THE SUBJECT
6. TO TRAIN OTHERS TO USE THESE TECHNIQUES
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CIAT/CG Centres part in the Project

• COUNTRY CASE STUDIES
• 1. Develop socio-economic and environmental
  databases and maps at sub-national level in four
  pilot countries
• 2. Develop poverty and food insecurity indicators
  and GIS models
• 3. Apply these techniques in the pilot countries
  as part of the development of National FIVIMS

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UNEP-GRIDs part in the Project

• NETWORKING AND DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS
• 1. Dissemination of state-of-the-art synthesis of
  existing studies, data sources, methods and maps
  through workshops and information network
• 2. Establishment of communications and product
  dissemination capabilities and a poverty and food
  insecurity mapping network

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FAOs part in the Project

• Development of the FIVIMS Global GIS Database
  (FGGD)
• The main Purpose of FGGD is to create a global
  environmental database and a modelling/analysis
  infrastructure for assisting in the
  implementation and monitoring WFS plans of action

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• Expert Workshop, Washington, D.C. (April 26-27,
  2001)
• List of Participants
• CGIAR David Bigman, ISNAR Stanley Wood, IFPRI
  Alain de Janvry, TAC Betty Sadoulet
• IUCN Cristina Espinosa, Global Facilitator,
  Social Policy Programme
• Macro International Livia Montana
• Norwegian Agricultural University Bekele
  Shiferaw
• UNDP Jafar Javan, UNDP Bureau for Development
  Policy
• World Bank Berk Ozler, Andy Nelson, Calogero
  Carletto
• WHO Steeve Ebener, GIS Technical Officer
• WRI Norbert Henninger, Mathilde Snel
• WWF Pablo Gutman, WWF USA
• Project Steering Committee Barbara Huddleston,
  FAO Jaqueline Ashbhy, CIAT
• Project managers group Benjamin Davis, FAO
  Simon Cook, CIAT Otto simonett, UNEP Ergin
  Ataman, FAO

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Expert Workshop Recommendations

• 1) Where are the poor, in particular the rural
  poor, located in relation to
• Agroecological zones
• Marginal or productive lands
• Major foodcrop and/or livestock production
  systems.
• Market access
• Livelihood systems

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Expert Workshop Recommendations

• 4) What lessons have been learned about the use
  of different poverty mapping methods? How do
  different methods compare in terms of
• data requirements
• cost
• ease of use

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Thank you.