Introduction to Integrated Phase Classification

Feroz AhmedNational Coordinator- IPC project (FAO)

IPC analyst & FacilitatorE-mail: feroz.ahmed@fao.org

March 27, 2014

IPCIntegrated Food Security Phase Classification

What is the IPC?

IPC is a set of protocols to classify the severity and causes of food insecurity and

provide actionable knowledge by consolidating wide-ranging evidence

IPC is a process for building technical consensus among key stakeholders

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•Bringing together information from various sectors:– Market Data– Economic Data– Climatic Data– Agricultural Data– Etc…

•And from various sources– National Governments– NGOs– UN Agencies– Technical Agencies– Civil Society

Integrated Food Security Analysis

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Relevance for decision making

• Provides core answers to six key questions:1. How severe is the situation?2. Where are the areas that are food insecure?3. How many people are food insecure?4. Who are the food insecure?5. When will people be food insecure?6. Why are people food insecure?

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Indicators used in Bangladesh

• Food availability (Cereal, vegetable, pulse, fish production)

• Food access (Growth centre ratio, hh expenditure)• Food utilization (Wat-San)• Hazard & Vulnerability (severe tidal surge, poverty)• Food Consumption (FCS, DD)• Nutrition (Wasting, Underweight, CED) • Mortality (IMR, U5MR)

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Zoning

• Based on homogeneous food security and livelihood characteristics, availability of data and geographical coverage, the whole country was divided into 11 major zones for IPC analysis

• Out of these 11 zones, analysis for 2 zones and 13 coastal districts were done

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Local Analyses Partners & Supporting OrganizationsFood Planning and Monitoring Unit (FPMU), under Ministry of Food, Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), under Ministry of Agriculture, BangladeshBureau of Statistics (BBS), Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock

(MoFL), Department of Disaster Management (DDM), Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization (SPRRSO), Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), FAO, WFP, UNICEF, UNOCHA, WHO, ACF, OXFAM, Care, Save The Children, HKI, Dan Church Aid (DCA), World Vision, Islamic Relief Bangladesh (IRB), Muslim Aid, Concern Universal Bangladesh (CUB), SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL, ECHO, Eco Social Development

Organization (ESDO), BRAC, Shushilon

For more information please contact: Mr Feroz Ahmed, National IPC Coordinator, FAO-Bangladesh, Dhaka at feroz.ahmed@fao.org

Local Analyses Partners & Supporting OrganizationsFood Planning and Monitoring Unit (FPMU), under Ministry of Food, Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), under Ministry of Agriculture, Bangladesh Bureau of

Statistics (BBS), Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock (MoFL), Disaster Management Bureau (DMB) under Ministry of Disaster Management, FAO, WFP, UNICEF, UNOCHA, , ACF, OXFAM, Care, Save The Children, HKI

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Food Security Dimensions

Stability (at all times)

Causal Factors

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

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Non food security-specific contributing factors:(Health/Disease, Water, Sanitation, Social Services, others...)

Food Consumption

Quantity & Nutritious Quality

Vulnerability: (Exposure, Susceptibility, and Resilience to specific hazards/events. Ideally drawn from vulnerability baseline analysis)Livelihood Strategies (food and income sources, coping, & expenditures) Livelihood Assets (human, financial, social, physical, & natural)Policies, Institutions, and Processes

Food Security Contributing Factors

Food Security Outcomes

AvailabilityProductionWild FoodsFood ReservesMarketsTransport

AccessPhysical AccessFinancial AccessSocial Access

UtilizationFood PreferencesFood PreparationFeeding PracticesFood StorageWater Access

Classification of Acute Phase or Chronic Level

IPC Analytical Framework

20 Outcomes

Actual/Risk

Feedback

10 Outcomes

Impact Nutrition Rates

Mortality Rates

Livelihood Change

Assets & Strategies

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