A Review of Emergency Food Security Assessment Practice in Ethiopia

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Author(s)
Haan, N., Majid, N. and Darcy, J.
Publication language
English
Pages
64pp
Date published
01 May 2006
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Food and nutrition, Food security, Livelihoods, Forced displacement and migration
Countries
Ethiopia
Organisations
ODI
Link
http://www.odi.org.uk/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-fil…

In recent years, the need has grown for improvement and standardisation of methods for emergency needs assessments to respond to criticisms and suggestions from NGOs, food aid practitioners and donors. The World Food Programme, as the leading UN agency responsible for food aid, has been taking important steps to address this issue by developing a Emergency Food Security Assessment (EFSA) handbook and through research works on assessment methodologies.