Food Security & IPC 2.0

FSAC Regional Meeting

Published by IPC Coordination/Secretariat hosted at FAO Afghanistan

Kabul, Afghanistan

Overview

• Definition & Dimensions of Food Security

• Food Security Analysis & Classification

• What IPC is

• How does IPC work

• IPC Achievements in 2012

• Plan for 2013

.

What is Food Security?

New Millennium

2001, UN FAO

“Food security is 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.”

The Multi-dimensional Nature of FSFour main dimensions of food security:

1. Physical AVAILABILITY of food

2. Economic, social and physical ACCESS to food

3. Food physical UTILIZATION

4. STABILITY of the other 3 dimensions over time

For food security objectives to be realized, all four dimensions must be fulfilled simultaneously.

Main Problems in Food Security Analysis and Classification

Each doing our own thing…. Each one saying different things…

Too many voices…. Conflicting analyses……

Main Problems…

Lack of clarityNo common definitions for:• food security, • classifying severity of food insecurity situations and related

implications for action

This is well recognized and appreciated by analysts,

donors, governments, implementing agencies,

academics and the media

• No agreement on sources of funding, scale, planning timeframe and role

• High risk of personal, government, agency, and donor biases

What IPC is

Integrated FS analytical framework

A common approach to classify food security

Technical consensus built on transparent evidence-based analysis

Increased relevance to strategic decision making and stronger linkages between information and integrated action

• A set of protocols to classify the severity of food insecurity and provide actionable knowledge for decision support

• Situation analysis => How Severe-Who-How many-Where-Why ?

• Meta-analysis

• An approach applicable in any context

and What it brings…

The IPC consolidates wide-ranging evidence on food-

insecure people to provide core answers to :

How severe is the situation?

Where are areas that are food-insecure?

How many people are food-insecure?

Who are the food-insecure people (socio-economic

characteristics)?

Why are the people food-insecure?

IPC links complex food security information to action.

How does IPC work?

Four functions

1. Building Technical Consensus

Multi sectoral experts conduct IPC analysis in a neutral, evidence-based, and consensus building

manner, then obtain endorsement by key stakeholders

2. Classifying severity and causes

Complex information on severity and causes are classified into meaningful categories for

decision support using tools that require rigor

Four functions

3. Communicating for actions Core aspects of situation analysis are

communicated in a timely, consistent, accessible, and effective manner to all stakeholders

4. Assuring quality Experts ensure technical rigor and neutrality of analysis by agreeing to different levels of

evaluation (self, peer, public)

Food Security Dimensions

Stability (at all times)

Causal Factors

Acute Events or Ongoing Conditions (natural, socio-economic, conflict, disease and others)

&

Non Food Security Specific Contributing Factors:

•Disease •Water/Sanitation•Health Social Services• others….

Vulnerability: (Exposure, Susceptibility, and Resilience to specific hazards events or ongoing conditions).• Livelihood Strategies (food & income sources, coping, & expenditures)

•Livelihood Assets (human, financial, social, physical, & natural)

•Policies, Institutions, and Processes

Food Security Contributing Factors

Food Security Outcomes(directly measured or inferred from

contributing factors)

AvailabilityProductionWild FoodsFood ReservesMarketsTransportation

AccessPhysical AccessFinancial AccessSocial Access

UtilizationFood PreferencesFood PreparationFeeding PracticesFood StorageFood SafetyWater Access

Classification of Acute Phase (current or projected) and Chronic Level

IPC Analytical Framework for Area and Household Classification Draft 23

Feedback

Impact

Food Consumption

Quantity & Nutritional Quality

20 Outcomes

Livelihood Change

Assets & Strategies

Mortality

10 Outcomes

Nutritional Status

Acute Reference TableAnalysis worksheet

IPC achievements 2012

Production of 2 maps / brief reports based on consensual analyses

Establishment of the Afghanistan Food Security Technical Team (AFSTT) consisting of 25 member agencies (+40 individuals)

AFSTT capacities built through dedicated training events (10 days) and workshops (15 days) and lessons learnt exercise (1 day)

Awareness raising of food security stakeholders through regular updates at FSAC national meetings and 3 presentations at regional cluster coordination meetings (FSAC, Nutrition)

IPC products well integrated to FSAC response plan

First IPC Analysis in Afghanistan

• Area-based Acute food security situation Analysis

• Current Situation

• Validity: August – End September 2012

• Rural population

• Classification was done based on evidence, assessments reports and IPC Reference Tables

• Overall Confidence Level of the analysis was 1

• 16 provinces: covering all regions of Afghanistan

• General Rule: 20%

First IPC Analysis Workshop – August 2012

Second IPC Analysis Workshop

• FSAC request to AFSTT

• Area-based analysis was conducted.

• 16 provinces were updated from Last IPC Analysis workshop.

• Additionally 10 provinces were added to the Analysis based on EFSLA.

• Peer Review process was done on the coming day of workshop.

• Limiting Factors of food insecurity were identified for each classification to help Response Analysis WG.

• Fed into CHAP 2013 through Response Analysis WG

Second IPC Analysis Workshop – October 2012

IPC population table for detailed figures

National IPC roll-out: financial and technical links

Funded by

ECHO

National IPC Coordination/Secretariat

hosted at FAO

Regional Support Unit hosted at

Regional Office FAO-Bangkok

Core functions: coordination on

technical matters + advocacy

Global Support Unit hosted at FAO-Rome: Core functions: global development- technical support -

promotion

Afghanistan Food Security

Technical Team

Afghanistan IPC Analysis

Group

Food Security and Agriculture Cluster

***Government is targeted as the ultimate custodian of the IPC process.

Plan for 2013

Decentralization of IPC roll-out to the regions

Afghanistan IPC Analysis GROUPs

Capacity Building: Trainings & Courses

IPC Analysis Workshops

More refined products

National IPC roll-out: joining the process

Afghanistan Food Security

Technical Team(AFSTT)

Afghanistan IPC Analysis Group

National Expertise

Nominate one focal point (and an

alternate)

Propose one national staff for inclusion in

the group

Provide information/evidence

for the analysis

Participate in the validation process

Use IPC productsRaise IPC awareness within your organization

Working Together in Afghanistan to Reach Technical Consensus

Thank you!

for more information, visit:

http://afg.humanitarianresponse.info/resources/ipc

www.ipcinfo.org

or write to:ipc.afg@gmail.com

Contact

For more information, please contact:

Fazal Rahman Malakhailfazalrahman.malakhail@fao.org

0771 298 325

Darya Khan Akbarzaidaryakhan.akbarzai@fao.org

0773 810 876

IPC Secretariat members in AfghanistanThe Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is a joint initiative from: CARE, FAO, the European Joint Research Centre, FEWSNET, gFSC, Oxfam, Save the Children UK/US, and WFP. IPC is funded in Afghanistan by the European Union and hosted at the Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, FAO.