• Situation

• Food Security and Nutrition Situation

Minimum Meal Frequency for (specify group of analysis: adults and children, children 24-59 months, etc.) This indicator provides a more in-depth assessment of household food security. It measures the quantity of meals consumed per day during the lean period and identifies the months in which the amount of food prepared per meal is reduced. % of Households with less than three daily meals for children less than 5 years old Nutrition Cluster formulation: minimum meal frequency: % of infants 6-23 months of age who receive solid, semi-solid and soft food the minimum number of times or more.

Geography/Livelihoods zone; Head of household’s gender, age, disabilities, chronic diseases, dependency ratio, and any other relevant criteria, such as urban/rural context, religious, ethnic or political identities; Wealth groups; Livelihoods group (e.g. pastoralist, farmers, traders); Period to achieve the objective;

Surveillance Baseline and progress (or endline) Seasonality needs to be considered. Data Collection methods: Households Survey, Focus Group Discussion; Secondary information, other stakeholders information

• Food security
• Nutrition

Number meals per day Specify what is intended by staple food; levels / threshold will vary according to context. (situation indicator): Use 6-23 months age group indicator as proxy for 24-59 months, and assume older age group is worse off CAN be an important ALERT indicator in early phases of an emergency