Food Insecurity Experience (PI2771)

This metric is intended to capture the adequacy of target stakeholders’ access to food by asking them directly about their experiences. Organizations should apply this metric to a metric or set of metrics that defines the relevant set of target stakeholders. For example, some organizations might report Client Households: Total (PI7954), disaggregated by relevant options from Target Stakeholder Demographics (PD5752). Other organizations with a different target stakeholder might instead apply this metric to Supplier Individuals: Total (PI5350).

This indicator is based on and refers to the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) developed by FAO’s Voices of the Hungry Project. The FIES is an experience-based measure of food insecurity severity that relies on people’s direct responses to questions about their experiences facing constrained access to food. The FIES can be used to estimate the prevalence of food insecurity at different levels of severity, which is key information for implementing policies that aim to realize the human right to food. The FIES Survey Module (FIES-SM) comprises eight questions regarding people's access to adequate food and can be easily integrated into various types of surveys. For more on FIES, including the questions translated into over 170 languages, link to SDG 2.1.2, and free data analysis tools, see FAO’s FIES website (https://www.fao.org/in-action/voices-of-the-hungry/background/en/). Additional information can be found at INDDEX (https://inddex.nutrition.tufts.edu/data4diets/indicator/food-insecurity-experience-scale-fies).