Statistics Division Beijing, China 25 October, 2007 EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme Side Event Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels FOOD INSECURITY ASSESSMENT BASED ON FOOD CONSUMPTION STATISTICS DERIVED FROM THE 2002/03 LAO PDR EXPENDITURE AND CONSUMPTION SURVEY Committee for Planning and Investment National Statistics Center Presented by: DR SAMAYCHANH BOUPHA Director General of National Statistics Center

Statistics Division Beijing, China 25 October, 2007 EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme Side Event Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels OUTLINE Introduction The LECS III Finding –Food deprivation –Depth of food deprivation –Food consumption –Diet Composition –Inequality in income and food consumption –Conclusions

Statistics Division Beijing, China 25 October, 2007 EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme Side Event Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels INTRODUCTION Lao PDR has a population of 5.6 million 65 percent are concentrated along the Mekong River and the low land areas. 606 USD GDP per capita in 2006 Structure of GDP (Economy) in 2006 –Agriculture 42.2 % –Industry 31.5 % –Services 25.4 % –Import duties 0.9%

Statistics Division Beijing, China 25 October, 2007 EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme Side Event Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THE LECS III Macro estimates for the National Accounts The consumption structure (weight system) for CPI revision Estimate of labor force Time use Statistics on poverty

Statistics Division Beijing, China 25 October, 2007 EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme Side Event Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THE LECS III (cont’) The LECS III is the largest and most important survey –Conducted over a period 12 months (3/2002 to 2/2003) The survey captures economic transactions of households to –estimate household income, –composition and production –social indicators

Statistics Division Beijing, China 25 October, 2007 EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme Side Event Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels THE RELIABILITY OF DATA Sampling error calculated for some important variables of 95 percent confidence intervals Questionnaire : –Village Questionnaire –Household Questionnaire Daily consumption and expenditure of household Time use Questionnaire

Statistics Division Beijing, China 25 October, 2007 EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme Side Event Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels FOOD SECURITY INDICATORS DERIVED FROM THE LECS III MAIN FINDINGS

Statistics Division Beijing, China 25 October, 2007 EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme Side Event Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels Food deprivation (hunger): National = One out of four persons (23%) Hunger higher in rural areas (25%) than in urban areas (17%) Highest levels observed for household size of more than 8 people (74%) and with lowest income with more than one person out of two being food deprived among households of the first income quintile Food deprivation high in the regions of the North and the Center (about 28%) and lower in the regions of the south (14%)

Statistics Division Beijing, China 25 October, 2007 EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme Side Event Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels Income deprivation : Critical food poverty National = One out of four persons (18%) Critical food poverty was higher in rural areas (19%) than urban areas (13%) One out of four among households of more than 8 people Highest level of critical food poverty in central regions

Statistics Division Beijing, China 25 October, 2007 EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme Side Event Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels Food deprivation and Critical food poverty

Statistics Division Beijing, China 25 October, 2007 EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme Side Event Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels DEPTH OF HUNGER

Statistics Division Beijing, China 25 October, 2007 EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme Side Event Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels DEPTH OF HUNGER IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS

Statistics Division Beijing, China 25 October, 2007 EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme Side Event Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels FOOD CONSUMPTION Dietary energy consumption of 2090 kilo calories per person per day Daily expenditure per person of about 2960 Kip 45 percent of the monetary value of food consumed came from own production.

Statistics Division Beijing, China 25 October, 2007 EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme Side Event Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels FOOD CONSUMPTION

Statistics Division Beijing, China 25 October, 2007 EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme Side Event Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels DIET COMPOSITION

Statistics Division Beijing, China 25 October, 2007 EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme Side Event Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels DIET COMPOSITION (Cont’d)

Statistics Division Beijing, China 25 October, 2007 EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme Side Event Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels INEQUALITY IN INCOME AND FOOD CONSUMPTION

Statistics Division Beijing, China 25 October, 2007 EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme Side Event Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels Nationwide one out of four persons was suffering from hunger (food deprivation),  hunger being more dramatic in the Northern and Central regions where one out of three was suffering from hunger. Nationwide one out of three persons was critically food poor; almost 2 out of five were in this condition in households of young heads and large size households. The food consumption pattern was unbalanced; poor in fat and close to the upper acceptable limit in carbohydrates, mainly from rice. Households with low income were most vulnerable with high reliance on own food production (82%) and spending more than two third of their total consumption to buy food. CONCLUSIONS

Statistics Division Beijing, China 25 October, 2007 EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme Side Event Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels The LECS-III can be improved for the purpose of estimating food security statistics and indicators : Reduction and standardization of number of units for food quantity measurement (kilogram, gram and liter). Additional work in collaboration with public-health nutrition experts is needed to revise the food composition table for the LECS for future use; experts in economics for the use and interpretation of data from the productive sector. Improvement in the description of LECS food items is needed for better specified food consumption used such as beef, hunted or trapped animals, fish cultivated, other meat, etc. to better estimating nutrients values. RECOMMENDATIONS

Statistics Division Beijing, China 25 October, 2007 EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme Side Event Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels Capability of future LECS in addressing policy-decision makers need for information on food security statistics and indicators Complement the current food security information system with food security statistics derived from the LECS for the purpose of policy analysis, design and monitoring. Need for strengthening the current platform on food security “National Nutrition Committe” and the FIVIMS initiative in using food security information derived from the LECS. POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND FINDINGS

Statistics Division Beijing, China 25 October, 2007 EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme Side Event Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels Thank you