THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD

Published purpose

Food security and nutrition are intrinsically linked and both provide essential information on the nature and severity of a situation, priority needs and target groups. In emergency situations, the World Food Programme (WFP) is responsible for determining whether external assistance is required to meet immediate food needs and whether food aid is the appropriate form of assistance. Emergency food aid interventions require reliable needs assessments that allow for effective targeting and the efficient use of resources. The goal of the project is to ensure WFP and partners' staff capacity to integrate food security and nutrition in emergency needs assessments and pre-crisis baselines. The project supports WFP's efforts to strengthen its capacity building and field testing of methods, increase knowledge base on indicators for asssessments and refine tools and guidance linking food security and nutrition in emergency assessments.