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Session 2.2. Purposes & Triggers of Trader Surveys

Session 2.2. Purposes & Triggers of Trader Surveys. TST. Learning Objectives. By the end of this session, participants should be able to: Identify the purposes of trader surveys of use to WFP  

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Session 2.2. Purposes & Triggers of Trader Surveys

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  1. Session 2.2.Purposes & Triggers of Trader Surveys TST Trader Survey Training

  2. Learning Objectives By the end of this session, participants should be able to: • Identify the purposes of trader surveys of use to WFP   • Explain the conditions under which trader surveys should be conducted and the possible triggers of those surveys Trader Survey Training

  3. Where does TS fit into the Food Security Analysis? Implementation Capacity Assessment Response Analysis Food Security Analysis Trader Survey Price Analysis Secondary Data Analysis HH Survey Community Survey Key Informants

  4. Plenary Q&Apurposes & triggers of trader surveys • What are the various purposes of WFP trader surveys? • When do you conduct these various trader surveys? What triggers these surveys? • Concrete examples from your own experience? Trader Survey Training

  5. purposes & triggers of trader surveys • When assessing impact on FS of sudden or slow-onset shock, and possible responses • When assessing food insecure areas through regular surveys, CFSAMs, or when establishing a FS baseline • When assessing future transmissions effects of external shock on market system • When assessing food procurement opportunities and Purchase for Progress (P4P) interventions • When monitoring food markets Trader Survey Training

  6. When do you conduct trader surveys? • General rule: only when secondary information is not available. • ‘FS’ trader surveys: in conjunction with rest of assessment, so triggers correspond to those in EFSA Handbook; • External shocks: No general rule - depends on monitoring of global & sub-regional food & other livelihood markets, also of socio-economic-political situation in region Trader Survey Training

  7. When do you conduct trader surveys? • Food procurement: when expecting excess food supply & WFP interested in procuring: at end of growing season, during harvest, or at beginning of new marketing season • Monitoring food markets: depends on the monitoring system Trader Survey Training

  8. Exercise 2.2. Pakistan Market Assessment Review the summary findings from the 2005 Pakistan Market Assessment Workbook, pp. 17-20), and then, as a group, discuss: • What was the purpose of the trader survey? • Why was it conducted? In response to what condition(s)? • What triggered the trader survey? • What were the main contributions of the market analysis team to the FS assessment? Trader Survey Training

  9. Small Group Presentations • Purpose of trader survey • Reasons it was conducted (in response to what condition?) • Trigger(s)? • Main contribution to FS assessment of TS? Trader Survey Training

  10. Wrap-up • A trader survey conducted as part of a market analysis can provide critically important information for a food security assessment – particularly with regard to the status of markets and whether or not they are continuing to function in the aftermath of crisis

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