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Food Security Monitoring System (FSMS) Planned by WFP. WFP/Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) 25 November 2012. Purpose and Objectives of the FSMS.
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Food Security Monitoring System (FSMS)Planned by WFP WFP/Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) 25 November 2012
Purpose and Objectives of the FSMS Purpose:to regularly monitor the food security situation in Yemen and update the knowledge base in order to improve/adjust the ongoing and planned food security related humanitarian interventions in the country. Objectives: • identify potential threats and risks to household food security; • provide timely information to initiate contingency plans and trigger emergency food security assessments; • facilitate resource mobilization efforts; and • adjust ongoing food security interventions.
Key Indicators to be Monitored The FSMS will include the following indicators categorized at three levels: • Governorate/market level: market prices for key food communities, wage labour and livestock, and other important market indicators; • Community level: qualitative information on various food security related issues including security issues, changes in food security situation, highly vulnerable groups, livelihood constraints, etc.; • Household level:Food Consumption Score and food sources, coping strategies, livelihoods and income changes, exposure to shocks, expenditure pattern, indebtedness, assets, etc.; and
Coverage and Methodology • All of the most food insecure Governorates if not all the 19 governorates covered by the CFSS will be monitored. • Quantitative and qualitative information from primary data collection and relevant secondary data sources will be used. • For primary data, household sample survey representative at national and urban/rural levels will be conducted. Qualitative information will also be collected from areas to be covered by the survey. • Information from the regular market monitoring will be consolidated and used as one of the secondary data sources.
Expected Outputs from the FSMS • FSM Bulletin with all the required food security information; • Comprehensive database on food security for each round of the FSM; and • Various relevant maps showing changes on food security situation
Timeframe of the FSMS Activities • The FSMSresults will be produced twice in a year with equal interval. • Each round is estimated to take 8-10 weeks (from designing of the study materials to publishing of the results). • Timing will be adjusted on the basis of information needs for various purposes and initiatives such as the IPC.