Fsnau-Post-Gu-2012-Technical-Report

Rapid assessment: undertaken following an initial assessment in
a sudden crisis, or as a component of a reassessment. It is based
on a combination of secondary and primary data.
Reference market: key markets that influence the performance
of other markets directly tied to food insecure and vulnerable
populations, and also provides good information and orientation
for food security analysis.
Reference period/year: a period of time used to help explain or
project into the future the performance and likely food security
outcomes of the current period. For example, previous drought
years provide an illustration of the potential progression and
outcome of a current drought year.
Reproductive work: Refers to the work associated with
childbearing, nurture, food preparation, care for the sick, socialization
of the young. In the sexual division of labor, reproductive work is
regarded to be, by and large, the sole responsibility of women and
is largely unpaid and undervalued.
seasonal assessment: the rapid appraisal and standard surveys
of the food security and nutrition situation of the rural and urban
livelihoods in Somalia at the end of each Gu long rainy seasons
(April-June); and Deyr short rainy seasons (Oct- Dec).
self-employment: is working for one’s self instead of an employer
and drawing income from a trade or business, operated personally,
for instance, petty trade such as selling of individually collected
bush products in the market to obtain income.
sex: Refers to biological attributes of women and men. It is
natural, determined by birth, and, therefore, generally unchanging
and universal.
sex and age disaggregated data (sAdd): involves disaggregation
of information by age and sex (female and male, girls and boys);
while gender disaggregation involves disaggregation of information
by women and men, as well as girls and boys. In addition,
information that is sex disaggregated is mainly quantitative; while
gender disaggregated information is qualitative in nature.
shocks: an event (flood, drought, conflict, etc.) that results in
diminished food or income access.
situation analysis: analysis of the current food security and
nutrition status of the population and its risks to lives and livelihoods.
somali Livelihood indicator Monitoring system (sLiMs): the
markets delineated by FSNAU and FEWSNET in the rural areas/
rural towns.
Terms of Trade (ToT): the rate at which one unit of a commodity
(indicator) can be exchanged for a unit of another commodity and is
typically expressed as price ratio or relative prices of commodities.
ToT indicator is used to measure household purchasing power, the
incentives to market and sale, which ultimately determines food
access. The main indicators monitored include cereal to cereal,
labour to cereals (sorghum, maize, rice) for poor households, local
goat to cereals (for middle households) and camel/cattle to cereals
for better-off wealth groups to helps gauge the relative purchasing
power or food security situation of different wealth groups and
livelihood systems (pastoral, agropastoral and riverine).
To be gendered: This means to address/create or to bring out
issues that affect women, girls, boys and men for attention or
otherwise.
Triple Roles: The term refer to the fact that women tend to work
longer and more fragmented days than men as they are usually
involved in three different gender roles - reproductive, productive
and community work.
Vulnerability: is defined in relation to an event/hazard or shock
capable of triggering an outcome, as opposed to an outcome itself.
Wealth groups: a group of households within the same community
that share similar capacities to exploit the different food and income
options within a particular livelihood zone. In Somalia they are
categorised as follows: poor, middle and better-off.
Zakat: it is the Third Pillar of Islam and often compared to the
system of tithing and alms. It serves principally as the welfare
contribution based on accumulated wealth (giving of one’s
possessions/surplus wealth to the poor and deprived Muslims. It
is obligatory for all who are able to do so and is essential to have
it distributed fairly. It is given annually or seasonally in the form
of own production (crop/livestock), and cash (savings, trade, etc.).
Additional alms are optional.
FSNAU Technical Series Report No. VI 48
Issued October 18, 2012
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