Global food security assessment guidelines: A step-by - International ...

Global food security assessment guidelinestaining particular social or ethnic groups or displaced people, and areas of restricted access. If youplan to provide food aid, such information is vital to help determine the most appropriate site forstoring and distributing food. It should not be too far from the majority of the population, in a placethat everybody can find, not too close to animals, and not too remote (to reduce the chance of theft).■ To distinguish those neighbourhoods in a city which have been most severely affected or havebeen deserted, from those that remain functional and inhabited after the disaster.10AnnexesYou can make the map yourself or you can ask members of the community or a key-informant tohelp you. If you already have an existing printed map of the area, you can use it as a basis and fill inother aspects you consider important.Example of a map of a flooded villageThe following map shows that residential areas have been seriously affected by a flooded river andthat market places have also become temporarily unusable. In addition, it appears that villages F andK are no longer linked by road. The fields are not affected. The map also shows where people haverelocated into some makeshift dwellings. The map can assist you in selecting where to carry out yourfood security assessment. Facts that you may want to verify include: who the displaced people are,and where they come from; whether fishing activities are totally halted; whether the road is effectivelyunusable, and what the consequences of this are for the community.BeachRoad to F.Fish marketA.K. sectionMarketSchoolFields71