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Identifying and managing a major shock: case study of the Title II funded Guinea food security initiative
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Identifying and managing a major shock: case study of the Title II funded Guinea food security initiative
Africare has used its experience in the Title II funded Guinea Food Security Initiative (GnFSI) to examine how investments in organizational capacity of village and district community groups have facilitated the early detection of a major shock, monitoring of famine conditions during the food crisis, and emergency food aid distribution, as well as assistance in managing the response to the shock with project and non-project resources.
Sidibe, Sidikiba; McMillan, Della E. +1 more · 2007
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Abstract
This paper provides: (1) a brief background review of USAID"s emerging concern with better understanding the role of shocks and risk in food security planning; (2) an analysis of the role played by the GnFSI growth monitoring promotion system in the early identification of a major shock that occurred during the life time of the project; (3) an analysis of the role of the project in managing the crisis; and (4) an assessment of the extent to which the impact of GnFSI"s crisis management can be detected through the project"s existing monitoring and evaluation indicators, in particular the MAHFP (Month of Adequate Household Food Provisioning) and the FSCCI (Food Security Community Capacity Index). (Africare abstract, modified)
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