RESOURCES

L’analyse de la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle au Burundi a récemment intégré l’approche du « Cadre Intégré de Classification des  Phases  de la Sécurité Alimentaire (IPC) parmi les outils développés pour évaluer la vulnérabilité à l’insécurité alimentaire et à la malnutrition. L’IPC est un outil  de lecture consensuelle et concertée des crises alimentaires et nutritionnelles, développé en Somalie depuis plusieurs années par la FAO au travers l’unité de suivi de [...]

The food security outcomes resulting from the 2008 long rains contrasted sharply, across and within livelihoods. It is estimated that about 1.38 million people in rural areas are highly food insecure and will not be able to meet their minimum food requirements in the coming six months, if external support is not granted. The worst affected areas are situated in identified locations in the pastoral livelihoods of Turkana.

The classification process highlighted the currently weak monitoring and information sharing system, and revealed the need to address this to ensure that future livelihood analysis sessions are successful and useful to decision and response makers.
However, despite lack of some data inputs to the classification, there was a general consensus among participants to publish it, as it broadly reflects the current and near future conditions. It was also agreed that [...]

Zimbabwe: New food security tool first for the region

The Short Rains Assessment 2008 was conducted in February 2008 to determine the impact of the short rains season on the food security situation of arid and semi arid districts. Assessments were also conducted in the conflict-affected areas to evaluate the impacts of the post election violence on food security in the most affected areas. Thirty one representative districts falling into seven broad livelihood clusters were assessed including: 1. Northern [...]

Bien qu’il existe une définition largement acceptée de la sécurité alimentaire , la classification de diverses situations de la sécurité alimentaire, en termes de niveaux de sévérité et d’implications pour l’action, manque de clarté et de définitions communes au niveau des acteurs de la sécurité alimentaire en RDC. Ce manque de clarté constitue un problème au niveau opérationnel car la façon dont est classifiée une situation détermine non seulement la [...]

The fourth quarter of the Livelihoods Analysis Forum (LAF) took place from 4-6 December, 2007 at the premises of Southern Sudan Commission of Census Statistics and Evaluation (SSCCSE) meeting Hall, Juba. The SSCCSE is the institutional home of the forum. The LAF session applied the Integrated Food Security and Humanitarian Phase Classification (IPC) tool in the analysis of the current situation in Southern Sudan, for the period from October to [...]

A new tool has been developed to help humanitarian agencies and donors analyse a disaster situation, make a comparison with another disaster that might be unfolding in a different part of the globe, and plan and prioritise their response to a particular crisis accordingly.

The Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Somalia developed a comprehensive situation analysis early warning tool in 2004, which [...]

While Kenya has witnessed significant economic recovery over the last five years, resulting from implementation of farmer-oriented and other wide-ranging policies, a significant and growing proportion of the population suffers chronic and acute food insecurity. In this regard, the Government of Kenya, humanitarian partners and donors have in recent years engaged, to address chronic food insecurity by....

The performance of the October to December 2006 (short rains) season was exceptionally good, with above normal rainfall in most parts of the country. Areas dependant on the short rains and most pastoral areas received good rainfall, which has started the recovery process after several seasons of drought. Flooding in the eastern part of the country and in the Lake region resulted in an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) [...]