Transcript Monitoring and impact evaluation of emergency seed and

1.3. Food Security
Assessments:
Phases & Tools
Food Security Cluster Needs Assessment Workshop
Dhaka, Bangladesh
19 – 20 February 2012
Food Security Assessments: Phases & Tools
Session Objectives
After this session, participants should be able to:
• Explain the importance and purpose of a
phased approach to assessment
• Identify the key differences between the various
types of emergency food security assessment
• Describe the various assessment tools that are
used in each phase
• Describe assessment tools being used by FSC
members here in Bangladesh
efsa: a phased approach
 initial investigation
 rapid assessment
 in-depth assessment
Conducted:
• when?
• why?
• how?
key differences?
efsa: tools & techniques
Type
Initial
EFSA
Rapid
EFSA
In-depth
EFSA
Tools & Techniques
Secondary data analysis
Checklists
Key informant interviews
Observation
Secondary data analysis
HH-level questionnaires
Community, focus group interviews
Key informant interviews
Market / trader questionnaires
Secondary data analysis
HH questionnaires
Statistical sampling techniques
Precision
Low
Speed
High
Medium
Medium
High
Low
A general rule of initial efsa:
“Get the whole picture
half right”
(Aim to understand the full array of potentially life-threatening
needs; in time, refine and seek precision.)
efsa: assessment tools
•What tools are food
security cluster
members using here
in Bangladesh?
Wrap-up
• Food security assessment calls for a phased
approach: e.g. initial, rapid, in-depth
• Assessors must always balance the need for
urgency vs. the desire for precision and
accuracy
• Selection of assessment tools & techniques is
also influenced by availability of funding,
experience, available analytical skills