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Qualitative Approaches for Food and Nutrition Security Assessments
Training Workshop
Qualitative Approaches for FS Assessments – prepared with ECHO financial assistance
Welcome and Introductions
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Let’s Get to Know Each Other
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Let’s Agree on Some Ground Rules
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Expectations
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Workshop Objectives
By the end of this workshop Participants are expected to:
• Demonstrate an improved understanding of the importance of qualitative data in food security assessments.
• Upgrade their skills in conducting qualitative data collection methods and using tools
• Be able to analyze qualitative FSNA data, including complementing it with quantitative data
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Workshop Agenda
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Before we get going…
I’m afraid it’s time for a
Test!Qualitative Approaches for FS Assessments
2010-03 WFP Initial QFSA A Learning Session 1: 9
Oh…it’s not that bad.
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What is Food Security?
“Access by all people at all times to food required for health life”
“A situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.”
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Natural, Physical, Human, Economic,
Social Assets
Nutrition Status/
Mortality
Individual Food Intake
Health Status/ Disease
HH Food Access
Care/Health Practices
Health & Hygiene
Conditions
HH Food Production, Gifts, Exchange, Cash Earnings, Loan,
Savings, Transfers
Individual Level
Community/ HH level
Livelihood Assets
Context/Framework
Food Availability/Mark
ets
Basic Services & Infrastructure
Political, Economical,
Inst’l, Security, Social, Cultural,
Gender, Environment
Agro-ecological Conditions/
Climate
HH LevelLivelihood Outcomes
Livelihood Strategies
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Conceptual Framework: Sustainable Livelihoods
• It’s ONE WAY of “organising” the complex issues surrounding food insecurity, well-being, income, and sustainability of livelihoods
• It’s NOT the ONLY WAY• Like all frameworks, it needs to be:
o Modifiedo Adapted
o Made appropriate to local circumstances
o Made appropriate to local priorities
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What is a “Livelihood”
A livelihood comprises the capabilities, assets (including both material and social resources) and
activities required for a means of living.
A livelihood is sustainable when it can cope with and recover from stresses and shocks and
maintain or enhance its capabilities (hence, resilience) and assets both now and in the future, while not undermining the natural resource base.
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Livelihoods assets
Financial Capital
NaturalCapital
Social Capital
Physical Capital
Human Capital
Household
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The Asset Mix
• Different households with different access to livelihood “assets”
• Livelihoods affected by:o diversity of assetso amount of assets
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So……..
Human capital• has labor capacity• no education• limited skillsNatural capital• landless• access to common property resourcesFinancial capital• low wage• no access to creditPhysical capital• poor water supply• poor housing• poor communicationsSocial capital• low social status• descrimination against women• strong links with family & friends• traditions of reciprocal exchange= an extremely reduced “livelihood pentagon”
Landless femaleAgricultural Laborer
head of household
Financial Capital
Social Capital
Physical Capital
Human Capital
Natural Capital
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FP
H
NSHousehold
VulnerabilityContext
Shocks
Seasonality
Trends
Changes
Political Strife
Conflict
“Vulnerability” Context
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Policies, Institutions & Processes
• Policies• of government• of different LEVELS of government• of NGOs• of interational bodies
• Institutions
• Processes
• political, legislative & representative bodies• executive agencies• judicial bodies• civil society & membership organisations• NGOs• law, money• political parties• commercial enterprises & corporations
• the “rules of the game”• decision-making processes• social norms & customs• gender
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PoliciesInstitutionsProcesses
FP
H
NS Household
Vulnerability
ContextShocks
Seasonality
Trends
Changes
influence
Policies, Institutions & Processes
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Livelihood Strategies
Combining:• the assets they can access
Taking account of:• the vulnerability context
Supported or obstructed by:• policies, institutions and processes. ………..………..leading to
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Livelihood Outcomes
Food insecurity, thus, is a “poor” livelihood outcome due to:
•a fragile or unbalanced set of livelihood assets (not enough or not the “right” mix)
•inability to sustain to shocks, changes or trends
•limited support/protection provided (policies, institutions)
•livehood options combined in a “bad” or unsustainable strategy
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The Sustainable Livelihoods Framework
PoliciesInstitutionsProcesses
NS
FP
H
Household
VulnerabilityContextShocks
Seasonality
Trends
Changes
influenceLivelihoodStrategies
LivelihoodOutcomes
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UNDERSTANDINGgenerated
from applyingthe Sustainable Livelihoods
Framework
PRINCIPLESfor action to
address poverty and food
insecurity
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Break30 min
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