General
Food Security
DFSN
DFSN 2
DFSN 3
100

How many provinces in Sri Lanka?

9 provinces

100

What are the 4 dimensions of food security?

Accessibility, Availability, Utilization and Stability

100

What does DFSN stand for?

District Food Security Network

100

What is the best way to measure food availability? 

Food Balance Sheets

100

In the definition of food security, which words are associated with the term 'all'?

People or Time 

200

How many DS divisions are there in Sri Lanka?

256

200

What are three types of food security (in terms of duration)

Transitory, Chronic and Cyclical

200

What is the DFSN objective?

develop a system for monitoring food security and nutrition situation at the district and sub-district level by providing a platform for the relevant stakeholders to collect, share and analyze food security and nutrition information periodically

200

What is the most accurate measurement of acute malnutrition in a population?

Wasting (weight for height)

200

What is stand for MAM and SAM?

Moderate Acute Malnutrtion

Severe Acute Malnutrtion 

300

In which year was the latest (current) definition of food security developed?

1996

300

Which year was FIRST definition of food security created?

1943 (Hot Springs Conference)

300

Who is the District Chairperson of the DFSN Steering Committee? and District Coordinataor ?

District Secrateriat / District Planning Director 

300

Define "food access"

Access to food mainly refers to our physical and economic ability to procure good quality food.

300

What are the main two indicators used to measeure Accessabaility in DFSN frame work?

Houshold food consumption / Food basket value 

400

What does HIES stand for?

Household Income and Expenditure Survey

400

What are the four measurements of the intensity of food insecurity?

Food Secure, Marginally food secure, Moderately food insecure, Severely food insecure

400

What are the 3 districts DFSN was piloted in?

Anuradhapura, Monaragala and Jaffna 

400

How many indicators to measure Availability? In DFSN frame work

five

400

What are main five components in food balanace sheet ?

Production/ Seed requirements / Food stock /Food use / Postharvest Losss/imports-Exports

500

What is the % of children under 5 that are underweight (moderate and severe) in Killinochi in 2024? (according to the MOH)

7.1%

500

List out the key words/sentences from the current definition of food security 

all people, at all times, physical; social and economic access, sufficient safe and nutritious food, dietary needs and food preferences and active and healthy lifestyle

500

What are the key indicators used to measure food utilization in the DFSN framework?

Wasting (Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM))/
Prevalanace of Diseases 

500

Provide four examples of livelihood based coping strategies?

Spent savings
-Buy food in credit
-Borrowed money
-Reduced expenditure in health/education
- Mortgage or sell jewellery
-Mortgage or sell domestic assets
- Mortgage or sell productive assets
-Consume seeds stocks
- Mortgage or sell house
-Begging

500

What are the main 3 shocks impact on stability ?(Food security)

Climate shocks

Political shocks

Economic Shocks