FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY

1. Understand the importance and methods of

coordinating joint planning and strategy in the Food

Security Cluster

2. Identify and understand the concepts and common

principles behind short and long term food security

strategies

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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RELEVANCE

Food Security Strategy

Why is this subject covered?

The development of a coherent, agreed upon sectoral strategy

for a food security response is one of the most important

functions of the cluster. A general knowledge of food security

concepts will help in this development.

How does this relate to my day to day tasks?

Using data from joint or coordinated assessments, cluster staff

help guide cluster partners in the production of a food security

strategy document

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FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY – WHY IMPORTANT?

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FOOD SECURITY CLUSTER- TOR

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What does the FSC do?

1. Ensure predictable and accountable leadership

2. Represent the food security community in the different country level fora

3. Support coordination in assessment planning and response, strategy

4. Develop benchmarks and indicators

5. Advocacy for entire food security community, not just specific partners

6. Strengthen national/local systems

7. Ensure quality of response, promotion of appropriate standards and delivery of

services

8. Ensure shared understanding of early recovery

9. Learn and build upon best practices

10. Ensure partnership and inclusiveness

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COORDINATED FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY– WHAT IS IT?

Set of Objectives and targets

Set of Programmatic Response Plans to Meet

Objectives

• Appropriate• Feasible• Underlying Causes• Cross-cutting issues

Assessment Findings & Situation Analysis (Prioritized Problems, Risks, and Gaps)

Individual OrganizationsProject Planning, Implementation and Monitoring

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FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY– DELIVERABLES

Preliminary Response

Strategy Outline

More Detailed Response Strategy

Document

Updates to Strategy

Document

Preliminary Scenario Definition

Initial Assessments and Analysis

New Assessments

Monitoring

1st week ~2 months As required

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COORDINATED FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY – WHY AND HOW

‘ensuring…effective cluster and inter-cluster coordination through collective planning of assessments and response’

• Support coordination in assessment planning, response, and strategy

• Develop benchmarks and indicators• Strengthen national/local systems• Ensure understanding of early recovery• Ensure partnership and inclusiveness

Ensure Partnership & Inclusiveness

• Identify key entities for inclusion

• Optimize complement.

Support Coordination, Ensure Quality/Standards, Develop Benchmarks & Indicators

• IM: Analysis dissemination• Push for agreement on

objectives, linked to problems• Guide evaluation of

strategy/response alternatives• Guide benchmark/indicator

development (Cross-cutting)• Consolidate and prepare doc

Strengthen Nat’l

Systems / Early Recovery

• Involvement• Training/

assistance• Recovery • Twin-Track

How?

Why?

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“…Food Security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.”

AVAILABILITY

Physical presence /proximity of food through domestic

production or imports

ACCESS

Physical, social, and economic access to enough food to meet

needs.

1 2 3Four pillars of food security:

UTILIZATION

Use of food through adequate diet,

WASH, etc. to reach nutritional well-being

(non-food input)

STABILITY

Consistency and reliability in food

supply

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DEFINITION

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FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY

FRAMEWORKS

LivelihoodsNutrition

Food and Nutrition Security

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A FOOD SECURITY SYSTEMA SET OF INTERDEPENDENT SUB-

SYSTEMS (PILLARS)

AVAILABILITYPhysical presence /proximity

of food through domestic production or imports

ACCESSPhysical, social, and

economic access to enough food to meet needs.

UTILIZATIONUse of food through adequate

diet, WASH, etc. to reach nutritional well-being (non-

food input)

STABILITYConsistency and reliability in

food supply

“Rethinking Food Security in Humanitarian Response,” Maxwell, Webb, Coates, Wirth, Food Security Forum, Rome, 2008. • Meeting (closing the gap in) minimum current food and non-food consumption needs • Stabilizing consumption into the medium term• Laying the ground for enhanced future consumption in terms of quality, not only

quantity • Repairing or replacing the local stock of damaged/lost productive assets • Enhancing the productivity of current assets • Repairing or enhancing impaired income streams (which may involved enhancing

human capital to achieve higher labor productivity) • Make diversification of future income streams more feasible • Help buffer assets and income from a range of potential future hazards

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STRATEGIC RESPONSE FRAMEWORK

Objectives: mitigate immediate FS problems, support livelihoods, address causes: focus on

1. food consumption 2. livelihood change3. nutrition 4. mortality

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OVERALL FSC OBJECTIVES?

• Improve access to food• Institute seed distribution programs to

address food availability concerns• Improve food utilization at household level • Improve nutritional status

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OUTCOME: IMPROVED FOOD CONSUMPTION

 Among targeted population:1. Quantity: X kcal pp/day2. FCS: poor/borderline: <X%

hhs3. HHS: moderate/severe

(scores 2-6): <X%4. HDDS: <4 food group (out

of 12 food groups)s: <X%5. HEA: <Livelihood Protection

Deficit: <X%

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OUTCOME: LIVELIHOOD CHANGE

Enhanced productivity of current assets (Livelihoods protected: drought impact on HHs incomes limited/source of nutrient food provided:) Indicators for targeting:1. Reduced animal mortality rates, 2. reduction of livestock distress-selling 3. livestock productivity preserved

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OUTCOME: IMPROVED NUTRITIONAL STATUS

Among targeted population:1. Stunting: X – Y% 2. BMI <X: Y--Z%3. Anemia : <X% 4. Vitamin A deficiency: <X%

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IMPROVED ACCESS TO FOOD

Outputs: Vulnerable targeted HHs in country and vulnerable HH’s receive sufficient basic food commodities and other relevant assistance to cover their requirements and establish a food secure environment.

Indicators for targeting:• # households receiving assistance • # of beneficiaries receiving assistance

(disaggregated by gender)• # MT of food commodities distributed• # of cycles of distribution completed in a timely

manner• % of beneficiary households compliant with

targeting criteria

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FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY – EXAMPLES (PAKISTAN)

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FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY-LIBYA (EXAMPLE)

• Food assistance to vulnerable groups including those displaced from the conflict zones and those with traditional vulnerability profiles such as orphans, elderly and single parent households to ensure their immediate food needs are met.

FOOD SECURITY STRATEGYEXERCISE

Using “situation analysis” outline from Assessment and Analysis Module:

1. Develop 3-4 Food Security Cluster strategic objectives that respond to the prioritized problems identified in the morning. (refer to the IPC and the phase you identified)

2. Present to the group

Use Pakistan or Libya Handout as a guide

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FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY

RELEVANCE

Food Security Strategy

Why is this subject covered?

The development of a coherent, agreed upon sectoral

strategy for a food security response is one of the most

important functions of the cluster. A general knowledge of

food security concepts will help in this development.

How does this relate to my day to day tasks?

Using data from joint or coordinated assessments, cluster

staff help guide cluster partners in the production o

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FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY

KEY MESSAGES

• Food security is composed of availability, access, utilization, and stability

• Food security strategies have multiple goals but all seek to address the pillars of FS.

• The FSC must recognize the different focuses of varying strategy frameworks

• The Cluster coordinator must facilitate cluster strategy planning, linking problems to results, and results to strategies.

Assessment and Analysis

KEY REFERENCE OUTCOMES: IPC

• Crude Mortality Rate • Acute Malnutrition • Disease• Food Access / Availability • Dietary Diversity Water

Access / Avail. • Destitution /

Displacement • Civil Security • Coping • Livelihood Assets

• p/d; U5MR• % w/2z score• Epidemic; pandemic• Entitlement gap; 1200

kc/pp/pd• Liters pp/pd

• emerging; concentrated• Conflict level• Strategy type• Stress levels

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FOOD SECURITY OUTCOME INDICATORS

(NATF Operational Guidance)• % HHs according to food consumption score• % HHs by duration of food stock• % HHs by coping strategy index• % HHs by main source of staple consumed• % HHs with less than 3 meals daily for children• % HHs with less than 2 meals daily for adults• % HHs without physical access to any markets• % markets by level of decreases in availability of staples• % markets with price of staple foods increased by 20%• % HHs by main income source• % HHs by main type of cash expenditures• Average daily casual labor wage• % HHs receiving food assistance, by type• % HHs receiving cash/vouchers

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Overall FSC Outcomes:“…Save lives and avert hunger amongst vulnerable flood-affected populations and stabilize and/or improve the nutritional status of affected women and children.”

OUTCOMES: PROTECTION OF LIVES, REDUCTION OF HUNGER

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Outcome: Lives saved and hunger averted…amongst vulnerable flood-affected populations and nutritional status of affected women and children stabilized/improved.Indicators:1. Reduced MAM amongst screened cases in flood-affected areas,

measured by the mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC)2. Improved food consumption over the assistance period for targeted

flood-affected HHs, (HH Food Consumption Score-FCS)3. 110,000 moderately acute malnourished children and 86,000

moderately acute malnourished pregnant and lactating women treated