Fsnau-Post-Gu-2012-Technical-Report

Adoption of IPC Technical Manual Version 2.0
Since Gu 2011, for reasons of practicality and interoperability
of core results, FSNAU has so far adopted and
incorporated most aspects of the IPC Version 2.0. These
include: the unit of analysis for phase classification; phase
names; reference outcomes for IPC phases; the two time
periods for analysis of acute food insecurity (current situation
and projected most likely scenario); the Analysis Worksheet
for Acute Food Insecurity for documentation, and analysis of
evidence to classify the severity of acute food insecurity and
diagnose immediate causes; an accounting for humanitarian
assistance in the analysis; the communication tools (maps);
achieving quality assurance from Reliability Scores based
on critical evaluation of the source, method, and timerelevance
of the evidence and the confidence levels for the
overall classification; and the criterion prescribing that for
an area to be classified in a certain phase, 20 percent of the
population in that area must be in that phase or worse based
on the Household Analysis Group Classification (HAG). The
internally developed standard that defines food security
phases for HAG on the basis of a minimum of 25 percent
of the wealth group being analyzed has been maintained.
Vetting and Presentation of Results
After the All Team Analysis the nutrition results were
vetted with partners on January 24 in Nairobi, while the
sector and integrated food security analysis were vetted
with technical partners on August 21. The full results were
presented in a special meeting with partners, donors and
other stakeholders on August 24. The Nutrition Technical
Series Report containing all the relevant information for the
previous six months was released on September 27, 2012
and the full technical analysis from the Post Gu 2012 food
security assessment and analysis are presented here in this
Technical Series Report.
FSNAU Technical Series Report No. VI 48
Issued October 18, 2012
Executive Summary
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