The Cadre Harmonisé (CH) is an early warning tool developed for analyzing and classifying the severity of food and nutrition insecurity in the ECOWAS region. It is the arbitration tool for triggering and mobilising the ECOWAS Regional Food Security Reserve (RFSR) and assist decision-making for the UEMOA High-Level Committee on Food and Nutrition Security (CHSAN).

The CH use the framework to analyse acute food insecurity in line with functions that are the foundations of the analysis process. To each key function is associated with a set of reference protocols allowing for robust and rigorous situation analyses while still adhering to pre-established norms, standards, and principles.

Since its inception in Nigeria, the analysis has been coordinated by the FMARD via NPFS with technical support from regional and national FNS partners (Government MDAs, CILSS, FAO, FEWSNET, WFP, SCI, UNICEF and other Partners).