Papua New Guinea, mVAM Bulletin 3: mVAM Food Security & Livelihoods Monitoring System

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme (WFP), 2017.

English

26 p.

ELR2862

Between 25 April and 26 June 2017 the World Food Programme (WFP), in support of the Department of Agriculture and Livestock (DAL) and the National Disaster Centre (NDC), conducted a mobile survey to establish a baseline for the food security and livelihood monitoring system in Papua New Guinea. The survey was carried out in 326 LLGs (Local Level Government) and a total of 4,490 respondents were interviewed by phone from the Digicel call centre in Port Moresby. The food security status of households as measured during the April-June 2017 survey continues to improve as compared to the situation in early 2016. Across a range of underlying measures the sex head of household, main income activity, etc., the proportion of households reporting conditions indicative of food insecurity has decreased. However, pockets of vulnerability remain scattered and result, in large part, from micro-climate disturbances (e.g., localized flooding) that households appear to have little resilience to withstand. Thus Government and stakeholders are encouraged to continue to routinely monitor the situation in order to support policy design and future response activities.

Electronic ed.

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ELR 2862

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