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1.3. Food Security Assessments: Phases & Tools

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:

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1.3. Food Security Assessments: Phases & Tools

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  1. 1.3. Food Security Assessments: Phases & Tools Food Security Cluster Needs Assessment Workshop Dhaka, Bangladesh 19 – 20 February 2012

  2. 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

  3. efsa: a phased approach • initial investigation • rapid assessment • in-depth assessment • Conducted: • when? • why? • how? key differences?

  4. efsa: tools & techniques

  5. 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.)

  6. efsa: assessment tools • What tools are food security cluster members using here in Bangladesh?

  7. 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

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