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In this issue:
1. WHAT’S NEW?
2. FOOD SECURITY
ASSESSMENTS
a. CFSVA
b. EMERGENCY
ASSESSMENTS
c. MONITORING FOOD
SECURITY AND
PRICES
d. JOINT ASSESSMENTS
3. CAPACITY BUILDING
4. RESPONSE ANALYSIS
5. INTERAGENCY
COLLABORATION
6. FOOD SECURITY
RESEARCH
7. INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
8. STAFF NEWS
9. OTHER
LINKS TO ONGOING AND
PLANNED FOOD SECURITY
ASSESSMENTS 2010-2011
Asia
Middle East, Central Asia and
Eastern Europe
Eastern and Central Africa
Southern Africa
West Africa
Latin America and Caribbean
Sudan
JAM
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The Assessor
Issue 25, July-September 2010
Welcome to the twenty-fifth issue of the Assessor, the WFP Food
Security Analysis newsletter.
This issue covers the months of July, August and September 2010.
1. WHAT’S NEW
Focus on Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan emergencies
Examining new ways to accelerate data collection and
transmission in Zambia
Launch of RIVAF project
LATEST REPORTS AVAILABLE ON THE WFP FOOD SECURITY
WEBPAGE (click on the title to access the report)
Chad Évaluation rapide de la sécurité alimentaire des populations refugiées,
deplacées, retournées et hôtes de l’est du Tchad, Août 2010
Djibouti - Food Security Bulletin: No. 1 August 2010
Honduras - Reporte de Monitoreo: Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional, August 2010
Bangladesh - WFP/UNHCR Joint Assessment Mission, August 2010
Southern Africa - Regional Food Security Update August 2010
Southern Africa - Informal Cross Border Food Trade, July 2010
Nepal - Food Security Bulletin: No. 28, August 2010
Nepal - Market Watch: No. 25, July 2010
Nepal - Food Security Atlas, July 2010
Niger - Albichir: Analyse approfondie des marches et de la sécurité alimentaire: No. 9,
Julliet 2010
Afghanistan - Market Price Bulletin, September 2010
Kyrgyzstan - Rapid Survey of Small-Scale Bakers in Osh and Jalalabad Cities,
July2010
Kyrgyzstan - Rapid Emergency Food Security Assessment in Osh and Jalalabad, July
2010
Ghana - Food Security and Nutrition Monitoring System, June 2010
Republique du Congo - Analyse approfondie de la sécurité alimentaire et de la
vulnerabilité, Juillet 2010
Chad - Evaluation de la Sécurité Alimentaire des Populations Affectées par la
Sécheresse dans la Bande Sahélienne Ouest du Tchad May 2010
Liberia - Market Price Monitor: No. 8, June 2010
Liberia and Sierra Leone - Cross-Border Trade and Food Security, May 2010
Liberia - Food Security and Nutrition Survey, 2009
Myanmar An Analysis of the Food Security Situation in Selected Areas across Wa,
June 2010
Myanmar WFP/UNDP Rapid Assessment of the Potential Impact of Delayed Rains on
Harvests in Selected Areas Across Myanmar June 2010
Myanmar An Analysis of Markets Across Magway Division May 2010
Myanmar An Analysis of the Food Security Situation in Selected Areas Across Kokang
May 2010
Myanmar An Overview of the Food Security Situation in Selected Areas Across lashio
Area March 2010
Benin: Système d'information sur les marchés: Bulletin mensuel N. 9, Mai 2010
Lesotho - Food Security Monitoring System Quarterly Bulletin: 2nd Quarter May 2010
Chad - Évaluation de la Sécurité Alimentaire des Populations Affectées par la
Sécheresse dans la Bande Sahélienne Ouest du Tchad, May 2010
Pakistan - Food Security & Market Assessment in Crisis Areas of NWFP and FATA,
April 2010
Madagascar - Food Security Monitoring System: 2nd Quarter 2010, May 2010
Togo - Enquête rapide sur la sécurité alimentaire des ménages dans les régions de
Savanes et de la Kara Avril 2010

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CFSVA REPORTS AVAILABLE
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Cinzia.Papavero@wfp.org
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completed, ongoing and
upcoming Comprehensive
Food Security and
Vulnerability Analyses
(CFSVA) for 2009 and 2010.
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EFSA REPORTS AVAILABLE
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Contact:
Issa.Sanogo@wfp.org and
Cheng.Fang@fao.org
Contact:
Agnes.Dhur@wfp.org
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2. FOOD SECURITY ASSESSMENTS
a. Comprehensive Food Security and
Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA)
Republic of Congo, CAR, Chad and Bangladesh reports have been
recently posted on the Food Security Analysis website.
CFSVA reports for Armenia, Tanzania and Dominican Republic are
under finalization.
Survey implementation is ongoing in Senegal, Liberia, Sierra Leone,
Kenya (urban), Madagascar, and China. Analysis is under way in
Zambia.
In Malawi, Ethiopia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan efforts are
ongoing to incorporate WFP corporate food security and vulnerability
indicators in national household surveys, in close cooperation with the
World Bank. In September, Statistics Norway is seconding a staff
member to work with ODXF on food security analysis methodology in
the context of national household surveys.
b. Emergency food security
assessments
Pakistan An assessment was carried out in the immediate aftermaths
of the flood to quantify the extent of damage and displacement, and
their immediate impact on household assets, livelihoods, food
consumption and nutrition
It identified at least 14.1 million people who were directly affected
across the country. More than 1.1 million houses were completely
destroyed or made unihabitatble and more than 2 million hectares of
standing crops were damaged or lost.
About 10.1 million people are in need of immediate assistance.
The joint WFP/FAO modelling team is contributing to the ADB-World
Bank Damage and Needs Assessment through the application of an
economic model - based on nationwide households’ survey data for
Pakistan - designed to assess the impact of potential and actual shocks
on income, expenditures and food consumption at the household level,
for key population groups.
Kyrgyzstan A Rapid EFSA to assess the situation of IDPs and
residents affected by violent civil conflict last June in Osh and Jalalabad
regions was completed mid-July. Results were used by WFP to fine-tune
its targeting criteria and caseload of beneficiaries. A Rapid survey of
small-scale bakers was also completed at the same time to identify the
main factors hampering small-bakers activities in conflict-affected
areas, and identify opportunities for assistance. A follow-up EFSA in Osh
and Jalalabad is planned for October 2010.
A nation-wide EFSA was carried out at the end of July and the report
is being finalized. Its results will be used to (i) review WFP regular
assistance programme in terms of geographical and household
targeting, (ii) select a pilot region to establish a sentinel-based Food
Security Monitoring System, and (iii) feed into the joint FAO/WFP Crop
and Food Security Assessment which took place simultaneously.

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Monitoring Update
Contact:
Wanja.Kaaria@wfp.org
SADC VAC Reports for
Southern Africa and updates are
available here
Contact:
Margaretha.Barkhof@wfp.org
Contact:
Oscar.Antenzana@wfp.org or
Ceren.Gurkan@wfp.org
Contact:
Nusha.Choudhury@wfp.org or
Francesco.Slaviero@wfp.org;
Contact:
Yvonne.Forsen@wfp.org
Contact:
Eric.Kenefick@wfp.org
Contact:
Ceren.Gurkan@wfp.org
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Monitor
Contact:
Issa.Sanogo@wfp.org
Guatemala an in-depth EFSA was carried out in July to assess the
impact of Tropical Storm Agatha and plan interventions for the coming
semester. The final report is under finalization and will be released in
September.
Syria An EFSA is being prepared for drought prone areas in the Northeastern
part of the country. Preparatory discussions are taking place in
September; field work is planned for October
c. Monitoring food security and prices
The latest Global Monitoring Update for the period January-June
2010 is now available online. The update will be released on a biannual
basis.
Honduras and Djibouti have started releasing FSMS quarterly
bulletins. In Honduras, information is routinely collected from selected
sites jointly with the Government and two bulletins were published
insofar. In both countries, efforts are ongoing to develop government
capacity to implement FSMS.
A one day FSMS sub-regional technical consultation was held in El
Salvador in June with the participation of WFP staff from El Salvador,
Honduras and Nicaragua Country Offices as well as the Regional Bureau
for Latin American and the Caribbean.
An FSMS and Markets mission took place in Bolivia in August. It
provided support to guide methodological design of the market
assessment in two municipalities and to the identification of potential
sentinel sites.
An FSMS mission to Bangladesh is planned for September, with the
purpose of supporting the country office in the identification of key
indicators for food security monitoring and providing on the job training
for two VAM officers on secondary data collection/collation, analysis and
reporting.
Sudan FSMS rounds were carried out in selected states in Eastern and
Southern Sudan in July and in Northern, Western and Southern Darfur
in August.
The July 2010 Bulletin of the Southern Africa Informal Cross-border
Food Trade project (WFP/FEWSNet) is available online.
The final report of the Market study in Yemen will be released in
September.
Market Monitor The eighth issue of the quarterly bulletin-covering 61
countries- was released in July. For the first time, the bulletin examined
fuel price and CPI (Consumers Price Index) along with food price trends
and the terms of trade. The bulletin highlighted stable or decreasing
food prices from the previous quarter, though, for most countries, prices
and the overall cost of the food basket remained significantly high
compared to the seasonal patterns before the 2008 price crisis. In
particular, it reported an upward inflation and a deterioration of the
purchasing power of pastoralist communities in Niger, Kenya and
Sudan. The next bulletin will be released at the end of September 2010.
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JAM REPORTS AVAILABLE
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UPCOMING TRAINING
ACTIVITIES:
13-17 September, Bangkok ,
Price Analysis training
Contact:
Simon.Dradri@wfp.org or
Issa.Sanogo@wfp.org
20-24 September,
Guatemala, Initial EFSA
training
Contact:
Marcela.Mayorga@wfp.org or
Margaretha.Barkhof@wfp.org
26-30 September Aleppo
Syria EFSA training
Contact:
Asif.Niazi@wfp.org
Contact:
Alexis.Hoskins@wfp.org or
Wael.Attia@wfp.org
Contact:
Mario.Musa@wfp.org
Contact:
Valerie.Ceylon@wfp.org or
Simon.Renk@wfp.org
Contact:
Agnes.Dhur@wfp.org
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d. Joint assessments
Joint Assessment Missions (JAM)
Bangladesh the follow-up UNHCR-WFP JAM on the Rohingya refugees
report is now available.
Crop and Food Security Assessment Missions (CFSAM)
Preparation is underway for the CFSAM in DPRK, to take place end of
September-beginning of October.
Zimbabwe and Mozambique CFSAM reports were released in August
and posted on GIEWS. Madagascar and Haiti reports are under
finalization.
3. CAPACITY BUILDING
Enhanced Capacity in Food Security and Response Analysis
(ENCAP)
Recent training courses held: During June and July, two initial EFSA
trainings were held in Pakistan and Madagascar, and an intermediate
training on quantitative data analysis was held in Rome.
Contact:
Simon.Dradri@wfp.org, Maherisoa.Rakotonirainy@wfp.org or
Cinzia.Papavero@wfp.org, respectively
An Integrated food security and nutrition analysis training for ODJ
was conducted at end June/beginning July in Kampala.
Contact:
Eric.Kenefick@wfp.org or Kathryn.Ogden@wfp.org
Assessors Database The revamped Assessors Database will be tested
on a rolling basis, beginning with the ODJ region in September. This
system will facilitate tracking of, and searching for, experienced food
security analysts and trainers based on their previous assessment and
training experience.
The first Online technical writing course (in English), specifically
tailored to the reporting needs of WFP Food Security analysts, will be
run between September and December 2010.
4. RESPONSE ANALYSIS
Somalia On 23-24 August, WFP took part in a workshop held by FAO
Somalia, to pilot a joint response analysis process based on post-gu
situation analysis. Lessons will be learned by the end of December of
the Somalia pilot experience.
5. INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION
IASC Needs Assessment Task Force (NATF) The draft operational
guidance for joint needs assessment was circulated to NATF member
agencies for feedback. A final draft for larger audience should be
distributed for further comments in September/October.
Two field-tests of the Humanitarian Dashboard (re-named Humanitarian
Country Team tool) were conducted in Somalia and in the occupied

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Link to the Nutrition cluster
website
Contact:
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Contact:
Issa.Sanogo@wfp.org
Contact:
Issa.Sanogo@wfp.org
or Rossella.Bottone@wfp.org
Contact:
Eric.Kenefick@wfp.org
or Mark.Gordon@wfp.org
Contact:
Asif.Niazi@wfp.org
Contact:
Thomas.Vasseur@wfp.org or
Valerie.Ceylon@wfp.org
Contact:
Thomas.Vasseur@wfp.org or
Cedric.Charpentier@wfp.org
Palestine territories, the latter with participation of ODXF. Results will be
used to review the lay-out and contents of the tool, for further
circulation during the last quarter of the year. The NATF also completed
a list of 'core' indicators by cluster/sector, including food security, and
this will also be disseminated for comments to a broader audience. The
list of food security indicators was prepared by WFP and is meant to be
shared with members of the soon to be established Global Food Security
Cluster.
Post-Conflict and Post-Disaster Needs Assessments (PCNA and
PDNA)
A draft guidance for Early Recovery Post-Conflict Needs Assessment was
prepared by the Cluster Working Group for Early Recovery (CWGER)
with peer review inputs from ODXF and other UN agencies.
A lessons learned review of PDNAs is taking place, currently at UN interagency
level and with later participation of the European Commission
and the World Bank.
Global Nutrition Cluster meeting (Geneva, 20-22 July) - ODXF
presented the status of the food security cluster on behalf of the GFSC
preparatory team (comprised of WFP and FAO) stressing the importance
of collaboration with the global nutrition cluster and key areas of
synergies/complementarities. It is foreseen that ODXF participation as
members of the GNC will reduce when the food security cluster is fully
established.
IASC Task Force on Meeting Humanitarian Challenges in Urban
Areas (MHCUA). Two case studies were completed by the task force in
Nairobi and Manilla. ODXF provided inputs to the “zero draft” of the 5year
Strategic Plan of the MHCUA. Key dates forthcoming are: 1) 02
September, 2010: First Steering Group Meeting on the draft strategy, in
Geneva; 2) September 23-24, Workshop on improving humanitarian
response in urban areas, in Geneva; 3) November 10-12: IASC WG
meetings in Rome.
Urban Issues A review of urban assessment methods has been
completed, as a joint collaboration between WFP and OXFAM. The
findings will be discussed in a technical meeting in Oxford from 4 to 5
October 2010.
A joint WFP-FAO Regional Seminar on Disaster Risk
Reduction/Management will take place in Addis Ababa on 18-19
October for the ODJ region.
At the biannual UN-NGos MENA Group meeting held in July, ODC
provided a briefing on the Atlas produced by UNISDR/WFP/ICARDA
collaboration which identifies hotspot areas of MENA vulnerable to
climate change.
Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)
The IPC Global Support Unit organized a two weeks Technical Retreat
in Ispra, Northern Italy, in order to consult with technical experts and
field practitioners on a series of key technical aspects in view of the
elaboration of a version 2.0 of the IPC manual. A draft a new version is
expected to be ready in December.
ECHO, the main current donor to the IPC, led in July a monitoring
mission of the IPC Eastern and Central African projects as well as
of the Global IPC project.
The missions were followed by a Global IPC Steering Committee
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Contact:
Eric.Kenefick@wfp.org
Contact:
Calum.McGregor@wfp.org
George.Muammar@wfp.org
or Wanja.Kaaria@wfp.org
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MDT system
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meeting that endorsed a series of reforms for the IPC Global project
following the ECHO Joint Monitoring Mission recommendations. These
reforms aim at increasing the Global Support Unit's capacity to IPC
activities in the field.
Philippines an IPC Pilot mission was organized in August, with the aim
of promoting IPC with government and stakeholders. An IPC exercise
was organized as an opportunity to experience the IPC set of protocols.
In South Africa, the IPC is being implemented through the Department
of Agriculture using the IPC seed money for southern Africa.
A piloting of IPC took place in Zimbabwe in August.
6. FOOD SECURITY RESEARCH
Understanding the impact of shocks The second steering committee
meeting was held in June to present progress. A technical seminar is
planned in end-September at FAO to present preliminary findings of two
country case studies (Malawi and Pakistan) and review the
methodology. The concept note for a second phase is under preparation.
Nutrition indicators in food security assessments. The final report
on analysis of existing CFSVA databases is nearing completion.
A study on food consumption and nutrition in Lesotho is completed.
The final report is expected at end of September, with a second phase
starting in October.
The analysis of the Nutritional Assessment and Vulnerability
Profiling of pre-ART (Anti Retroviral Treatment) and ART
patients in Namibia has begun with preliminary findings presented at
the end of September.
7. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
VAM headquarters and Zambian country office are currently piloting a
process of expediting data collection and transmission, based on
the mobile delivery and tracking (MDT), which makes food rations
delivery swifter and more cost-effective trough the use of scratch cards
and mobile phones by beneficiaries and shopkeepers. The MDT database
and web application will be adapted to allow for SMS-based capture and
transmission of FSMS data, focusing Food Consumption, Coping
Strategies and few other proxy indicators for food access.
8. STAFF NEWS
Jan Delbaere has left ODXF to take up his new assignment as Deputy
Country Director in Rwanda.
Arif Husain is the new Deputy Chief, ODXF.
Siemon Hollema is the new Senior Programme Adviser for CFSVAs.
Rossella Bottone has joined the Market Analysis team.
Fabio Bedini and Jacqueline Frize have joined the RAP project team.
They will be working on, respectively, coordination issues and transfer
modalities for Cash and Voucher programmes.
Hazem Almahdy has joined the VAM unit in Sudan.
Souleika Abdillahi has joined the IPC team as junior consultant.
Astrid Mathiassen has joined the CFSVA team, seconded from
Statistics Norway, to work on food security analysis methodology in the
context of national household surveys.

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END OF OCTOBER/EARLY
NOVEMBER 2010.
In September, Sylvie Montembault is starting her new assignment at
ODXF as Senior Programme Adviser for EFSAs.
Joao Manja is leaving the Kenya CO and joining the Johannesburg
team in October, replacing Sylvie.
Agnès Dhur is starting a temporary assignment with the Programme
Design Unit.
Aurélie Larmoyer has left ODXF to take on a new position with FAO.
9. OTHER
Global Pulse ( formerly Global Impact and Vulnerability Alert
System - GIVAS)
UNICEF and WFP received support through the Rapid Impact and
Vulnerability Analysis Fund (RIVAF) to examine how existing
nutrition and food security data collected by the two agencies can best
be triangulated in order to inform decision makers about the impact and
changing vulnerabilities of households in response to global shocks such
as the economic crisis. This will guide the development of a joint WFP-
UNICEF monitoring initiative, feeding into the Global Impact
Vulnerability Alert System (GIVAS), established by the UN Secretary
General. Countries of focus are Indonesia, Madagascar, Malawi,
Nepal and Zambia, all having being impacted by the global economic
crisis.
The project was officially launched on July 15. The lead consultant was
appointed and the recruitment of national consultants is underway.
Development of corporate and joint ISFS strategies
In response to the 2008/2009 independent joint evaluation of FAO and
WFP Information Systems for Food Security (ISFSs) both FAO and WFP
have worked on the development of their corporate ISFSs strategies
Drafts of both strategies were submitted at the beginning of September
and the review process is ongoing within the two organizations.
The development of the Joint FAO/WFP ISFS will start in October. In this
framework, early September both organizations participated in a
symposium on Information Systems for Food Security (ISFS)
hosted by the EC in Brussels. Discussions focused on needs and
opportunities for capacity and institution building at national and
regional levels and on the proposal for a global initiative for ISFS
assistance coordination.
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