Food Assistance Minimum Standards

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1 hour
Food Assistance Minimum Standards
Nutrition
English
Delivery Modality
Online self-paced
Theme
Operational Capacity for Response
Emergency Response Procedures (SOP)
Human Resources
Audience
Civil Society & Community-Based Organizations
Government
Private Sector
UN Staff
Agencies
UNICEF
Certification
No

This course provides information about food assistance minimum standards, the design and distribution of food rations, and linkages between food and livelihood assistance.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

  • Describe food assistance objectives, tools, and response options
  • Define the Sphere Minimum Standards for food assistance
  • Discuss the use of data in the design of food assistance programmes
  • Describe how food and livelihood assistance are complementary
  • Describe the basic design of food rations
  • Explain the components of food assistance monitoring