Abstract
The overall objective envisaged by the survey is to collect information to assess the food security of households, their level of vulnerability and to define the criteria for targeting beneficiaries for intervention in favor of food insecure people. Specifically, the survey will collect new field data for: - Analyze the current food situation prevailing in the regions and the different food economy zones; - Estimate the number of food insecure people by indicating their geographic location and their socio-economic profile; - Analyze the market situation through the review of secondary data (food availability, prices, supply, functioning of markets and terms of trade); - Determine the causes of food insecurity and analyze the current constraints facing households according to their socioeconomic status in relation to their means of access to food and income; - Determine the severity of food insecurity and analyze the cyclical / chronic risks and shocks to which households are most exposed and their adaptive capacity or survival strategies; - Develop scenarios over the next six months to forecast the evolution of the food and nutrition security situation; and - Define the types of food and non-food assistance to save lives and to strengthen the livelihoods and resilience capacity to shocks of vulnerable households and communities.
