Africare Office of Food for Development Institutional Capacity Building (ICB) Program Comparative Research/Analysis Strengthened Village Level Risk Management and Capacity to Reduce Food Insecurity of Affected Populations within Africare’s Title II Food Security Programs VOLUME I CASE STUDY: GUINEA FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE PROJECT MAY 5, 2006 Photos from GnFSI archive and Della McMillan Cover art by Susan Shawler and Peter Miller, Target Copy Inc. Gainesville, Florida Africare Office of Food for Development Institutional Capacity Building (ICB) Program Comparative Research/Analysis Strengthened Village Level Risk Management and Capacity to Reduce Food Insecurity of Affected Populations within Africare’s Titles II Food Security Programs VOLUME I: CASE STUDY GUINEA FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE PROJECT May 5, 2006 Consultant: Della E. McMillan Africate/Guinea: Bonaventure B. Traoré Sidikiba Sidibé Mohamed Lamine Kaba Tadiba Kourouma Sékou II Condé Mamadou Conté Propère Pogba Christine Davachi Moussa Cissé Production: Leah Cohen Guinea Risk Management Case Study. May 5, 2006. 2 Acknowledgements Della E. McMillan, consultant and associate research scientist, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, was responsible for the overall coordination of this risk management study. In Guinea, the health and nutrition team was headed by Sidikiba Sidibé, MD, project coordinator; Prospère Pogba, MD, GnFSI technical supervisor for health; Mohamed Lamine Kaba, MD, health advisor for Africare/Guinea; and Mme Aissatou Barry, GnFSI assistant supervisor for health. The agricultural/reinforcing local capacity team was headed by Sékou II Condé, technical supervisor for local capacity building and Mamadou Conté, technical supervisor for agricultural production, with the assistance of four assistant supervisors: Mamadou Alimou Bah, Ousmane Sidibé, Mamadou Lamine Barry, and Georges Toupou. Field agents who played an important role in the exercise include: Aly Bah, Boubacar Lah, Mamadou Saidou Camara, Aye bobo Doumbouya, Sékou Wann Diallo, Moussa Sylla, and Kanké Soumah. Tadiba Kourouma, program coordinator for Africare/Guinea and Christine Davachi, IFESH Intern (International Foundation for Education and Self Help) played a critical role in developing the general forms and instruction sheets and in the analysis and consolidation of the chapters. They were also the primary authors—along with Sidikiba Sidibé, GnFSI project coordinator—responsible for preparing the chapter that analyses the role of the project-created community structures in coordinating the emergency food aid that accompanied the resettlement of thousands of families in both Dabola and Dinguiraye in 2002-2004 (chapter four). Denise N’dagano, the GnFSI health advisor based in Dabola, played a valuable role in data collection at the Dabola site and helped synthesis the project-specific and cross-cutting lessons learned and recommendations. In Dabola the field work was coordinated by the two assistant supervisors: Gadirou Diallo and Alpha Amadou Barry. The M&E supervisor, Moussa Cissé, played a major role in data analysis and produced all of the graphics. Mamoudou Condé, assistant logistics specialist, did an excellent job coordinating all the fieldwork and backup support. Della McMillan and Leah Cohen coordinated the translation and initial editing of the English version of the report, which was then finalized by Della McMillan, and Bonaventure Traore (agricultural economist and Africare country representative in Guinea). The entire team wishes to express its deep appreciation to the GnFSI staff, the traditional leaders, project volunteers, and government administrators of Dinguiraye and Dabola for the hospitality and atmosphere of learning that graced this entire exercise. Translation: New and Original District Prefecture of Dinguiraye, Guinea Translation: Moderate poverty, Extreme poverty Prefecture of Dabola, Guinea Guinea Risk Management Case Study. May 5, 2006. 5 Table of Contents Page Acknowledgements..............................................................................................................2 Maps.....................................................................................................................................3 List of Tables .......................................................................................................................7 List of Boxes........................................................................................................................9 List of Figures....................................................................................................................10 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations.................................................................................11 Chapter 1: Introduction.....................................................................................................14 1.1. Background...................................................................................................14 1.1.1. The New USAID/FFP Strategic Plan for 2006-2010 .......................14 1.1.2. Key Definitions.................................................................................16 1.1.3. Africare Title II Programming..........................................................17 1.2. Goals and Objectives of the Risk Study .......................................................17 1.3. Evolution of Africare’s Activities in Upper Guinea.....................................18 1.4. Methods of the Risk Study............................................................................21 1.5. Organization of the Chapters ........................................................................22 Chapter 2: GnFSI Health and Nutrition Interventions......................................................23 2.1. Evolution of Sector Specific Activities.........................................................23 2.2. Impact on Exposure to Risks and Risk Management ...................................28 2.2.1. Health and Nutrition .........................................................................28 2.2.2. HIV/AIDS.........................................................................................28 2.3. Extent to Which Current Health and Nutrition Activities Address and Track Vulnerability and Risk ..................................................................................32 2.3.1. Methods for Measurement of Project Performance..........................32 2.3.2. Current Use of M&E Tools...............................................................32 2.3.3. Other Possible Types of Analysis with Existing Data Sets ..............36 2.4 Recommendations.........................................................................................39 Chapter 3: GnFSI Agriculture and Capacity Building Interventions................................42 3.1. Evolution of Sector Specific Activities.........................................................42 3.2. Impact on Exposure to Risks and Risk Management ...................................48 3.2.1. Managed Risks..................................................................................48 3.2.2. Unmanaged Risks .............................................................................49 3.3. Extent to Which Current Agricultural Production and Capacity Building Activities Address and Track Vulnerability and Risk ..................................52 3.3.1. Methods for Measurement of Project Performance..........................52 3.3.2. Current Use of M&E Tools...............................................................57 3.3.3. Other Possible Types of Analysis with Existing Data Sets ..............59 3.3.4. Promising Pilot Initiative to Reduce the Number of Vulnerable Districts and Households ..................................................................67 3.4. Recommendations.........................................................................................69 Chapter 4: GnFSI Identification and Management of a Major Shock..............................75 4.1. Background...................................................................................................75 4.2. Extent to Which Current M&E Systems Track the Role of GnFSI on Early Warning Systems and Crisis Response.........................................................79 4.2.1. Role of GMP in Early Detection of the Crisis ..................................79 4.2.2. Role of MAHFP in Detecting Crisis Impact on Vulnerability .........80 Guinea Risk Management Case Study. May 5, 2006. 6 4.2.3. Link between Community Capacity to Manage Risk (FSCCI) and Humanitarian Response ....................................................................80 4.3. Recommendations.........................................................................................81 List of Participants in the Africare/Guinea Risk Management Study................................84 References..........................................................................................................................86 Guinea Risk Management Case Study. May 5, 2006. 7 List of Tables Table 1.1 Evolution of Africare Interventions in the Dinguiraye and Dabola Prefectures (1997 -2006) Table 2.1 Evolution of Africare Health and Nutrition Activities in Dinguiraye (Ding) and Dabola (Dab) (1997-Present) Table 2.2 Percentage of Children in the Project-Covered Districts Participating in Growth Monitoring and in the Community Based FARN Rehabilitation Programs Table 2.3 Strategies Used by the Guinea Food Security