Since November 2006, WFP Nepal has started to produce quarterly food security phase classification maps as part of its food security monitoring and analysis system which covers 38 of the poorest and most remote districts in the country.
The Nepal food security phase classification methodology is broadly based on the IPC approach but differs from it in a number of ways: in particular, in Nepal the phase classification is used as a monitoring and targeting instrument to classify small areas for which data linked to standard IPC indicators are not available.
An initiative is underway to make this country system more compliant with IPC standards, in particular by:
1. Standardizing the food security phase classification scale.
2. Identifying quantitative indicators at the village level and establishing thresholds.
3. Strengthening the consensus building approach at district and national level.
The Nepal food security phase classification methodology is broadly based on the IPC approach but differs from it in a number of ways: in particular, in Nepal the phase classification is used as a monitoring and targeting instrument to classify small areas for which data linked to standard IPC indicators are not available.
An initiative is underway to make this country system more compliant with IPC standards, in particular by:
1. Standardizing the food security phase classification scale.
2. Identifying quantitative indicators at the village level and establishing thresholds.
3. Strengthening the consensus building approach at district and national level.
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