EMERGENCY FOOD SECURITY ASSESSMENT

SUGITHA GILBERT W1861250

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The food security assessment is an important tool for
organizations. They provide analysis to make
informed decisions about the appropriate type and
scope of intervention.
They decide who can eat, how much, where they live
and why they can’t. They also give the advice to help
them.

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 AIM AND MISSION

An Emergency Food Security Assessment (EFSA) is

designed to assess the impact of a shock on the food
security of households and communities within an
affected area.

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 An EFSA may be conducted as a rapid or an in-depth
assessment. It is intended for use in emergency situations
and protracted crises.
There are three types of EFSA:
– Initial assessment
– Rapid assessment
– In depth assessment

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 ORGANIZATIONS

As far as possible, assessments should be planned and

implemented through partnerships involving multiple
stakeholders.

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– WFP working with the national government,
– the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO),
– the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF),
– the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS
NET)
– and other agencies.

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 METHODS USED

– Information is collected from secondary data

– Basic research
– Previous audits
– Government information offices( economic and
agricultural data)
– Focus group discussions
– Relevant data through discussions with key
stakeholders
– Home interviews

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 INDICATORS USED

– In an EFSA, three key sets of indicators are used to

estimate the dimensions of the food security problem
caused by an emergency:
– • Mortality rates
– • Nutrition indicators
– • Food security indicators

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– • Mortality rates give an indication of risks at the
population level.
– • Nutrition indicators are used to estimate nutrition
status at the individual level.
– • Food security indicators focus on assessing access to
food and food consumption at the household level.

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 WHAT LEVEL THE TOOLWORKS AT-

NATIONAL

DISTRICT

HOUSE HOLD

OTHERS
Food insecurity is measured at two levels of severity. In
households with low food security, the hardships
experienced are primarily reductions in dietary quality
and variety. In households with very low food security, the
hardships experienced are reduced food intake and
skipped meals.

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 HOW THEY APPROACH?

It records food levels at the individual level and

food security at the home level.

This survey is easy to complete as it contains

simple questions.

The relationship between diet type and

household consumption is a combination of

both, as food intake is a good indicator of food

safety, suggesting that dietary diversity can be a

useful indicator.

The Food and Nutrition Security Conceptual

Framework
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 THEIR CONTEXT AND APPLICATION

The information is collected on the basis of nutritional

research and monitoring data. In order to measure the
food shortage, the Financial Supervision Authority found
that the basic expenses and the level of income reflect the
average of the years.

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In order to allocate time and resources, feedback proposals
will be prioritized based on urgent needs:

First priority- current health risks

Second priority- current coping risk and short-term health

risk.

Third priority- the threat to health and well being in the near
future.
DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION

Daily preparation
Discussion with community leaders
Collection of primary data
Team meetings
Final community meeting

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– Fieldwork must be carefully managed to ensure that:
• teams work efficiently and cohesively; • the assessment
schedule is adhered to;
• all the information requirements are fulfilled;
• information is collected rigorously and consistently;
• unanticipated issues relevant to the food security
situation are identified and incorporated.

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PILLARS OF FOOD SECURITY

Food security is an old concern that motivated

international organizations, such as the Food and
Agriculture Organization, to define it with the
following four dimensions (or pillars):
availability,
accessibility,
utilization, and
stability

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THEIR STRENGTH

– It records food levels at the individual level and

food security at the home level.
– Survey is easy to complete because of easy
questions
– It determines the level of risk and transactions
involved in buying food.

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THEIR WEAKNESS

– There is no method for combining foods , as this

varies by study and region.
– This is an indicator of limited food insecurity that
does not indicate where to eat.
– It does not have enough information to distinguish
the pre-disaster period from food security.

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REFERENCES:
– https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/4700C72D8F7DEE588525760E00548B35-wfp-f

oodsecurityhandbook-jun2005.pdf

– https://odihpn.org/resources/food-security-assessments-in-emergencies-a-livelihoods-approach/

– https://assessments.hpc.tools/attachments/270055f0-2004-4418-ad1c-08121e8d0b7a/efsa_nwsw_ja

n2019_final_report.pdf

– https://www.spring-nutrition.org/publications/tool-summaries/emergency-food-security-assessment

– https://fscluster.org/document/emergency-food-security-assessment

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