FAO launches a training course on the Food Security Monitoring System at the National Center for Security and Crisis Management

Amman, 20 June 2023 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in cooperation with the National Center for Security and Crisis Management (NCSCM), launched a training course to build the capacity building of twenty five selected employees from the National Center for Security and Crisis Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Industry, Trade & Supply, and the Jordan Customs department on the food security control system in Jordan.

This training course, which started on Monday, June 19, 2023 at the Center, and will end on Thursday, June 22, 2023, comes within the framework of the activities of the Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) between FAO and the National Center for Security and Crisis Management under the "Establishing a Food Security Monitoring and Reporting Dashboard for Jordan" project, which contributes in promoting sustainable and inclusive economic growth, investing in human resources and social development by strengthening data, evidence and analytics to provide accurate recommendations to decision-makers.

Mr. Mohamed Jalal, Special Advisor to the Assistant Director-General for the Near East and North Africa, addressed the commitment of FAO being the custodian for SDG2- zero hunger toward the delivery of the FAO’s four betters; better production, better nutrition, better environment and better life, leaving no one behind - and the role played by Jordan at regional and global level toward managing crises linked to food security and the transformation toward a resilient sustainable sector. Jalal added, “The dashboard will be a useful tool to support Jordan and the region to be updated and to enhance the readiness of the government of Jordan for any crises in the future, not only locally but also regionally.”

Deputy Head of the National Center for Security and Crisis Management, Brigadier General Hatem Al-Zoubi highlighted the great support of FAO and the importance of the dashboard in the prediction and projection linked to certain indicators linked to food security, while Jordan is hosting the influxes of Syrian Refugees and the challenges faced during COVID19 and the Russian-Ukranian war which creates more pressure on Jordan, while facing climate change and water scarcity among other challenges.

This project is to assist National Center for Security and Crisis Management (NCSCM) in designing and developing information and communication technologies for food security dashboard in Jordan which will expand access to food security information/ data and it will highlight cross-cutting issues of food security. It will also deliver widespread social and economic benefits. The establishment of the dashboard will accelerate collaboration on agrifood systems and increase investment in national data and statistics systems for harnessing the food security system in Jordan.