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Percentage of the target population/households achieves Acceptable Food Consumption Score (FCS)

Percentage of the target population/households achieves Acceptable Food Consumption Score (FCS)

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Result Level:
  • Outcome
Objectives:
  • Food Security and Nutrition
Description:

FCS measures household food access and diversity. The Food Consumption Score is based on dietary diversity, food frequency and relative nutritional importance of different food groups. Information is collected from a country specific list of food items and food groups.

Disaggregated By:

Geography/Livelihoods zone; Gender, age, disabilities, chronic diseases (for individuals, associations members, etc.); Head of household’s gender, age, disabilities, chronic diseases, dependency ratio (for households), 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;

Direction of change:
  • Increase (number)
Data source:

Both secondary and primary data collection can be used according to context. Baseline/Endline. If multiyear programme depending on comparison requirements between lean season and other seasons, consider an interim reporting/evaluation Secondary data. Reliable/relevant sources from other actors, clusters or government. Data Collection methods: Secondary data analysis; Households Survey, Focus Group Discussion; food security and nutrition surveys; Stakeholder records;

Sector/Subsector:
  • Food security
Source: COSA-1 IFRC-1 IFRC-5 ECHO-1
Examples:

Measure Notes:

Can use 'borderline' threshold in an acute emergency, in which case the target will be 90%, and the 'acceptable' threshold in a milder situation or during a recover phase. Note the value of the threshold can vary depending on cultural dietary practices in a small number of cases where diets have a high fat and/ or sugar content - refer to the manual. The target value in % should be > to 80%