VECTOR FS

DIGITALLY ENABLED FOOD
SECURITY AND LIVELIHOOD STUDY

ABOUT VECTOR FS

Household food security issues are increasingly at the top of the global agenda. As the human, social and security impact of food security become more obvious, growing interest from policymakers and the public is creating an opportunity for academic to advance our knowledge of the field and strengthen the framework within which policy makers take decisions..

Vector FS is a comprehensive, digitally-enabled food and livelihood research system, providing researchers and policymakers with the means to streamline research on food and nutrition security. The result is less expensive, more reliable and more frequently available data than ever before. The Vector FS system provides results in a very short time post data-collection due to pre-programmed analytics and facilities including cross tabulation, statistical analysis and graphs. Additionally per request of the client, the system is also able to provide complex analysis, cluster analysis and regression analysis. 

The Vector FS system is ideal for baseline, follow-up and evaluation studies.



GLOBAL EXPERT

Vector FS was designed by Professor Luc D'Haese the leading global researcher in agricultural economics. He is Emeritus Professor of the Department of Bio Science Engineering of the University of Antwerp and the Department of Agricultural Economics at Ghent University.

At Ghent University he was managing for more than 15 years the International Master program in “Nutrition and Rural Development” at the Faculty of Bio Science Engineering. He is currently Extra-Ordinary Professor at two universities in South Africa.

He served as CEO of the Belgian Technical Cooperation (CTB) and he was from 1977 to 1992 Professor at University of Burundi. He is associated member of the Belgian Royal Academy of Science.