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Since 1994, the Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU) at FAO has been developing and using a tool to improve the analysis and effective response in food security emergency contexts. This tool, the Integrated Food Security and Humanitarian Phase Classification (IPC), contributes significantly to on-going global efforts to standardize core elements of humanitarian analysis and response (e.g., the SMART, Benchmarking, Needs Analysis Framework, Humanitarian Tracking Service, and Sphere Project). The IPC builds on aspects of many existing classification systems, academic literature and enormous field expertise across the world. This event featured a presentation by Dr. Nicholas Haan, who focused on the revised and newly updated IPC and its role in consolidating a common classifying food security system. Dr. Haan also discussed the work that is currently being undertaken to develop a food security classification for chronic food insecurity. This event was chaired by Jose Cuesta, Senior Economist at the World Bank.

Watch the video here: A Common System for Classifying Food Security: The Approach of the IPC