Situation Analysis Step 1

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Session 2.2. Situation Analysis Step 1 Context
Key EFSA Indicators
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Learning objectives

• After this session, participants should be able
  to
• Explain the role and importance for the EFSA
  of contextual information, and indicators
• Identify the key sets of indicators used in EFSA
  to determine levels of food nutrition insecurity

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Where are we?
EFSA Process
Adapt conceptual framework objectives
Prepare analysis plan indicators, data, sources
Collect, review secondary data
Collect primary data
Conduct situation analysis
Conduct forecast analysis
Analyse response options
Make response recommendations
Prepare report
Step 1 Synthesize Step 2 Estimate Step 3
Determine Step 4 Identify Step 5
Determine Step 6 Estimate
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6 steps of Situation Analysis
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• Step 1
• Synthesize contextual information to gain
  understanding of crisis

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EFSA planning.

• 1. Define objectives of the assessment
• 2. Decide what information must be collected
  processed from primary secondary sources to
  fulfil assessment objectives
• ? Ensures focused data collection

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Typical EFSA objectives

• Assess FS status of a given population
• Determine causes of food insecurity
• Determine how different livelihood groups are
  coping with emergency
• Determine whether people are chronically or
  temporarily food insecure
• Anticipate how the situation may evolve
• Determine response options and modalities of
  interventions

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Two levels of information needs

• 1) Contextual information
• Provides background, helps clarify effects of
  emergency on nutrition FS
• 2) Data and indicators
• Provide basis for analysis of current
  nutritional status, food security mortality

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Contextual information collection methods include

• observation
• questionnaire-based household interviews
• key informant interviews
• focus group discussions
• secondary information review (ongoing, throughout
  entire assessment)

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EFSA key sets of indicators

• Assessment of risks to lives and livelihoods and
  resulting needs for assistance
• 4 components

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4 key sets of EFSA Indicators

• 1) Mortality rates
• an indication of potential risks to lives at
  population level
• 2) Nutritional indicators
• used to estimate risks to lives at individual
  level.

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4 key sets of EFSA Indicators

• 3) Food security indicators
• combine food consumption and food access data at
  household level
• 4) Coping strategy indicators
• used to estimate risks to lives livelihoods
  at household level

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HH FS estimated from combination of food
consumption and food economic access
1. Food Consumption 1. Food Consumption 1. Food Consumption
Poor? Borderline? Acceptable?
2. Food Access 2. Food Access 2. Food Access
Poor? Average? Good?

3. Food (In)security 3. Food (In)security 3. Food (In)security
Severe? Moderate? Adequate?

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Potential risks to lives and livelihoods
estimated by combining food security status and
coping strategies
3. Food (In)security 3. Food (In)security 3. Food (In)security
Severe? Moderate? Adequate?
4. Coping Strategies 4. Coping Strategies 4. Coping Strategies
Risk to lives? Risk to livelihoods? Acceptable?

4. Severity of the situation, urgency 4. Severity of the situation, urgency 4. Severity of the situation, urgency
Risk to lives? Risk to livelihoods? Acceptable?

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Indicators of risks to lives to livelihoods
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Exercise 2.2. Contextual information

• Use Worksheet