iMMAP played an important role in supporting the Seasonal Food Security Assessment and Integrated Food Security Phase Classification analysis, two key processes for understanding the current and future food security needs of the Afghan population.

The common global system to determine the severity and magnitude of acute food insecurity in a country is the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), an innovative multi-partner initiative for improving food security analysis and decision making. One of the key inputs for IPC analysis and planning the humanitarian response in Afghanistan is the nationwide Seasonal Food Security Assessment (SFSA).

iMMAP supported the data entry phase of the SFSA process by establishing a local area network for 35 PCs at the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock’s office in Kabul for offline data entry. Additional support included data cleaning and downloading while sharing backups daily with the IPC focal points. In total, 11,434 households, 1,120 communities, and 259 forms were entered into the database.

Following the completion of the SFSA, a national IPC analysis workshop, was held. As per the request of IPC and FAO Afghanistan, iMMAP contributed to the analysis by presenting seven customized natural hazard vulnerability maps at the national level. These maps were critical in informing the current and projection analysis, as well as helping to classify provinces into different IPC phases.

The results of the SFSA and IPC analysis workshop were published in the IPC Afghanistan Acute Food Insecurity Analysis Report (August 2020 – March 2021). iMMAP is proud to have contributed to the process as an IPC analysis partner. The report will help the humanitarian community to shed light on the food security situation in Afghanistan and raise funds for the humanitarian response.