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IPC APPROACH


What Is New About the IPC Approach?


1. The IPC responds to the need for a common approach for classifying various food security situations, within and among countries, and across time.
  • The IPC facilitates technical consensus among food security practitioners by providing a common language for classifying food security situations.

  • The IPC allows greater comparability of analysis across space and time, by providing a framework that uses internationally accepted benchmarks.
  • The IPC fosters increased transparency and accountability through evidence-based analysis.
2. The IPC provides stronger links between information and action.
  • The IPC draws together a wide array of food security related information and supports analysis that is meaningful and actionable for decision makers.

  • The IPC's supporting tools—ie. the Cartographic Protocols and Population Tables—are a means for effectively communicating analysis.
3. The IPC addresses the multi-dimensional nature of food security issues.
  • The IPC draws on a livelihoods approach for both analysis and response.

  • The IPC accounts for the multisectoral aspects of food security issues including health status, civil security, structural factors, etc.






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