SECTION ONE

Percentage of households reporting markets as the main source of food – 3 month changes

Definition/RATION/ALE – what does it measure? (max 2 lines)

The indicator provides an understanding of how important markets are for HH access to food;. a high reliance on markets for food exposing HHs to price shocks. Additionally, the role of markets is important for cash based interventions including relative changes in market dependency

Methodology for collection – How to collect information for indicator (max 4 lines).

  • • Conduct individual interviews with a representative sample of the target group members to ask the main source of food.
  • • Ask interviewees to provide the main and secondary source of food for the HH, including own production, trade, livestock, food aid, etc.
  • • Ask interviewees to provide relative changes in main sources of food as compared to previous 3 months – i.e. what was the main source of food 3 months ago?
  • • It could be useful to establish a local recall events which is approximant to the 3 month recall period.
  • • It could be useful to establish a local recall events which is approximant to the 3 month recall period.

Methodology for analysis – How to analyse (Max 4 lines)
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How to interpret: Urban v. rural, gender

  • • Data should be aggregated to the pre-defined geographic area.
  • • Contextualize the data according to livelihood profiles, including urban versus rural HHs, wealth status and gender.
  • • Urban HHs are likely to have a higher market dependency on markets as the main source of food. Note the reliance on markets in comparison to marco-economic trends and projections.

Notes on indicator –
What does the indicator not tell us.
How long is it reliable for?

  • • The indicator does not report on the percentage of HH expenditure spent on food.
  • • The indicator can differentiate between seasons
  • • Reliability of the indicator changes with fluctuations/seasons of market dependency - 3 – 6 moths.

When to use it/when not to use it:

  • Recommended to use the indicator when deciding on market based interventions.

Core: Y/N

No

IPC Categories:

Contributing Factor

M&E: IMPACT, OUTCOME, OUTPUT, PROCESS

Outcome

Recall?

30 days