ECA-SA Seminar on “Enhancing the Effectiveness of Food Security Information Systems in the SADC Sub-Region”

Draft Report
ECA-SA Seminar on “Enhancing the Effectiveness of Food Security Information Systems in the SADC Sub-Region”

This is the report of the Seminar on “Enhancing the Effectiveness of Food Security Information Systems in the SADC Sub-Region” held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 14 - 15 November 2011.

The main objective of the Seminar was to discuss issues, challenges and constraints faced by FSIS in the sub-region and provide a forum through which different stakeholders will make recommendations aimed at strengthening the food security information value chain in the sub-region. The ultimate objective of the Seminar was to facilitate food security planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation through the systematic collection, organization, management, analysis and dissemination of food security data and information.