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findings. outcome security food positive generally

up survey on IDPs beneficiaries (n=85) in receiving cash. Monitoring showed showed Monitoring cash. receiving Akre in (n=85) beneficiaries IDPs on survey up - follow a conducted

agents at the distribution points. WFP, in collaboration with third party monitor (TPM) Stars Orbit Consulting, Consulting, Orbit Stars (TPM) monitor party third with collaboration in WFP, points. distribution the at agents

than 7,000 Iraqi IDPs were assisted with cash. IDPs are receiving cash assistance through money transfer transfer money through assistance cash receiving are IDPs cash. with assisted were IDPs Iraqi 7,000 than

month pilot distributions of unrestricted cash in Akre. In March, more more March, In Akre. in cash unrestricted of distributions pilot month - six a began WFP 2016, February In

1). Figure (see respectively

returnees had a ‘poor’ ‘borderline’ FCS FCS ‘borderline’ ‘poor’ a had returnees

percent and 30 percent of IDPs and and IDPs of percent 30 and percent 41 2016 March mVAM, WFP Source:

Din) where where Din) - Al (Salah and (Ninewa)

IDPs and returnees was registered in Akre Akre in registered was returnees and IDPs

proportion of inadequate consumption among among consumption inadequate of proportion

IDPs. The highest highest The IDPs. - non of that than worse

Food Consumption Score (FCS) of IDPs was was IDPs of (FCS) Score Consumption Food

different levels of food security in March. The The March. in security food of levels different

IDPs, returnees and residents exhibited exhibited residents and returnees IDPs,

1). Map (see consumption

were found to have acceptable food food acceptable have to found were

than 95 percent of interviewed households households interviewed of percent 95 than

Khanaqin in , where more more where governorate, Diyala in

situation was better in Ba’quba, and and Kifri Ba’quba, in better was situation

particularly in , Akre and Shikhan. The The Shikhan. and Akre Sinjar, in particularly

Ninewa reported poor food consumption, consumption, food poor reported Ninewa

food security monitoring, households in in households monitoring, security food

frequency. However, as in previous rounds of of rounds previous in as However, frequency.

acceptable diet in terms of diversity and food food and diversity of terms in diet acceptable

and 99 percent of sampled households have an an have households sampled of percent 99 and 2016 March - (FCS) Score Consumption Food ‘borderline’

mVAM March data indicates that between 65 65 between that indicates data March mVAM Percentage of respondent households with ‘poor’ and and ‘poor’ with households respondent of Percentage - 1. Map

Poor food consumption among households in Ninewa, IDPs and returnees returnees and IDPs Ninewa, in households among consumption food Poor

Fighting hunger worldwide hunger Fighting

soaring food prices and households have irregular income. irregular have households and prices food soaring

Din. However, in Anbar and Ninewa food markets are highly volatile with with volatile highly are markets food Ninewa and Anbar in However, Din. - Al Salah and Diyala

 The cost of the standard food basket has fallen in all monitored governorates, except in in except governorates, monitored all in fallen has basket food standard the of cost The

row. a in month third the for shortages food

 Moalmin neighborhoods (), households have reported severe severe reported have households (Fallujah), neighborhoods Moalmin - Al and Wahda - Al In

Din). - Al

acceptable diet except households in Ninewa and IDPs in Akre (Ninewa) and Samarra (Salah (Salah Samarra and (Ninewa) Akre in IDPs and Ninewa in households except diet acceptable

 Although many households are using negative coping strategies, most are consuming an an consuming are most strategies, coping negative using are households many Although

insecure. food and vulnerable most the

 affected areas are are areas affected - conflict in households and returnees (IDPs), persons displaced Internally

Highlights

April 2016: Concerns over rising food prices in Fallujah and increasing food insecurity in Ninewa Ninewa in insecurity food increasing and Fallujah in prices food rising over Concerns 2016: April

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levels. consumption food acceptable

negative coping strategies in parts of the surveyed population raises concerns about the sustainability of the the of sustainability the about concerns raises population surveyed the of parts in strategies coping negative

Din) used negative coping strategies. The use of of use The strategies. coping negative used Din) - Al (Salah and (Ninewa) Telaraf in respondents returnee

percent of IDP and returnee respondents in Samarra (Salah Al (Salah Samarra in respondents returnee and IDP of percent 50 March, In Din) and over 30 percent of IDP and and IDP of percent 30 over and Din) -

Din). - Al (Salah Samarra in respondents of percent 30 and (Ninewa) Akre in respondents of percent 32

as many as as many as — March in problems access food having reported households Many food. buy to money or food

Households were asked if there were times in the week before the data collection when they did not have enough enough have not did they when collection data the before week the in times were there if asked were Households

strategies coping negative of use Widespread

2016 March mVAM, WFP Source:

2016 March status, respondent by consumption inadequate with Households 1. Figure

IOM and OCHA WFP, Sources:

progress. operations military these as expected be can vulnerability heightened

, increased civilian casualties and and casualties civilian increased , scale civilian displacement civilian scale - Large Iraq. western in areas held - ISIL other and Heet of

retake in Ninewa governorate. Simultaneously, operations in Anbar are currently underway to retake the city city the retake to underway currently are Anbar in operations Simultaneously, governorate. Ninewa in Mosul retake

led coalition support, officially launched their campaign to to campaign their launched officially support, coalition led - US and Kurdish with along ISF, March, 25 On

conflict. armed of because Anbar

east of . OCHA announced that between 11 and 13 March, 35,000 Iraqis were displaced from cities in central central in cities from displaced were Iraqis 35,000 March, 13 and 11 between that announced OCHA Ramadi. of east

completely destroyed and littered with thousands of IEDs. The city is devoid of civilians, with many now displaced displaced now many with civilians, of devoid is city The IEDs. of thousands with littered and destroyed completely

Din) in March. Meanwhile, the recaptured city of Ramadi (Anbar) has been found found been has (Anbar) Ramadi of city recaptured the Meanwhile, March. in Din) - Al (Salah Samarra around

In an effort to retake the territory held by armed opposition groups, the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) cut supply lines lines supply cut (ISF) Forces Security Iraqi the groups, opposition armed by held territory the retake to effort an In

update Situation 1. Box

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2016 March – 2015 July trade, of terms food - to - Wage 3: Figure

security. food on effect

was their main source of acquiring food, followed by food assistance so reduced purchasing power will have a marked marked a have will power purchasing reduced so assistance food by followed food, acquiring of source main their was

from daily manual labour fell for the third consecutive month. The majority of respondents said that purchasing food food purchasing that said respondents of majority The month. consecutive third the for fell labour manual daily from

fall in March, down two food baskets compared to February. Although prices were lower in the governorate, income income governorate, the in lower were prices Although February. to compared baskets food two down March, in fall

14.5 percent increase in the wages for daily manual labour. By contrast, purchasing power in Ninewa continued to to continued Ninewa in power purchasing contrast, By labour. manual daily for wages the in increase percent 14.5

7%). In Anbar, the better purchasing power is linked to a a to linked is power purchasing better the Anbar, In 7%). - ( prices food in fall a with corresponds and Baghdad

baskets in Baghdad and Anbar, and by one food basket in Diyala (Figure 3). The increase in purchasing power in in power purchasing in increase The 3). (Figure Diyala in basket food one by and Anbar, and Baghdad in baskets

The overall purchasing power of the sampled households increased by three food baskets in Kirkuk, by two food food two by Kirkuk, in baskets food three by increased households sampled the of power purchasing overall The

rise the on power Purchasing

2016 March mVAM, WFP Source:

average.

prices 23 percent higher than the governorate governorate the than higher percent 23 prices

prices in Anbar governorate (1,280 IQD), with with IQD), (1,280 governorate Anbar in prices

continued to report the most expensive food food expensive most the report to continued

further depletion of availability. Al Ruttba Ruttba Al availability. of depletion further

purchasable level for consumers, indicating a a indicating consumers, for level purchasable

increased and are approaching the maximum maximum the approaching are and increased

Since the beginning of the siege, prices have have prices siege, the of beginning the Since

sold at extremely high prices to other families. families. other to prices high extremely at sold

families still have in their homes, which is being being is which homes, their in have still families

available comes from the stocks that some some that stocks the from comes available

is becoming less available. The only food food only The available. less becoming is

Moalmin neighborhood also say that food food that say also neighborhood Moalmin - Al in

in rural areas close to the city. Key informants informants Key city. the to close areas rural in

2016 vegetables that they are collecting from farms farms from collecting are they that vegetables

March March – 2015 December Anbar, in basket food a of cost Average 2. Figure oil and lentils. People are mainly dependent on on dependent mainly are People lentils. and oil

supplies including wheat, sugar, rice, vegetable vegetable rice, sugar, wheat, including supplies

2016 March mVAM, WFP Source:

shops and markets had exhausted all food food all exhausted had markets and shops

Wahda neighborhood reported that that reported neighborhood Wahda - Al from

for the third consecutive month respondents respondents month consecutive third the for

food basket continues to rise there. In Fallujah, Fallujah, In there. rise to continues basket food

has returned to Heet, so the average cost of the the of cost average the so Heet, to returned has

Haditha (+12%) and Heet (+31%). The conflict conflict The (+31%). Heet and (+12%)

ncesbe itit o Al of districts inaccessible Ruttba (+32%), (+32%), Ruttba -

food basket is more expensive in the the in expensive more is basket food

(Figure 2). Compared to December 2015, the the 2015, December to Compared 2). (Figure

between accessible and inaccessible areas areas inaccessible and accessible between

Among districts in Anbar, food prices differ differ prices food Anbar, in districts Among

basket food standard a of Cost 1: Table

1). Table (see 1%) - ( Ninewa and 3%) - ( Anbar 10%), - ( Kirkuk and Baghdad

affected governorates of of governorates affected - conflict the in cheaper became basket food The stable.

Din, where prices remained remained prices where Din, - Al Salah in and (+2%) increased slightly prices

monitored governorates between February and March, except in Diyala where where Diyala in except March, and February between governorates monitored

In March, the average cost of the standard food basket continued to fall in all all in fall to continued basket food standard the of cost average the March, In

price in falls basket food Standard

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‘poor’ or ‘borderline’ consumption are considered to be consuming an inadequate diet and and diet inadequate an consuming be to considered are consumption ‘borderline’ or ‘poor’ insecure. food be to

The FCS classifies households as having ‘poor’, ‘borderline’ or ‘acceptable’ food consumption. Households with with Households consumption. food ‘acceptable’ or ‘borderline’ ‘poor’, having as households classifies FCS The

indicator for food security that measures the diversity of household diets, and how frequently food is consumed. consumed. is food frequently how and diets, household of diversity the measures that security food for indicator

(FCS) is a proxy proxy a is (FCS) Score Consumption Food The

2016 March mVAM, WFP Source: (7). Din - Al Salah and (7) Baghdad

(10), Diyala (8), Kirkuk (10), Ninewa (6), (6), Ninewa (10), Kirkuk (8), Diyala (10),

districts) in 6 governorates: Anbar Anbar governorates: 6 in districts) - (sub locations

questionnaire. Responses covered 48 different different 48 covered Responses questionnaire.

obtaining information using a simplified market market simplified a using information obtaining

Relief, 220 calls were successfully made in March, March, in made successfully were calls 220 Relief,

telephone interviews. In collaboration with Islamic Islamic with collaboration In interviews. telephone

and northern , using live live using Iraq, of governorates northern and

WFP collected market information in the central central the in information market collected WFP

In addition to monitoring household food security, security, food household monitoring to addition In

database.

hotspots in 5 governorates, drawn from Korek’s Korek’s from drawn governorates, 5 in hotspots

monitored respondents living in Iraq’s 18 conflict conflict 18 Iraq’s in living respondents monitored

via Korek, a major mobile network operator. WFP WFP operator. network mobile major a Korek, via

was collected from a sample of 1,551 respondents respondents 1,551 of sample a from collected was

live telephone interviews throughout Iraq. Data Data Iraq. throughout interviews telephone live

round of household food security monitoring using using monitoring security food household of round

In March 2016, mVAM conducted the eleventh eleventh the conducted mVAM 2016, March In

March 2016 March - collection data mVAM Iraq 4. Map

collection data remote mVAM - Methodology

Source: WFP mVAM, March 2016 2016 March mVAM, WFP Source:

households.

IDP IDP - non and IDPs between rations PDS to access

There was no significant difference in the level of of level the in difference significant no was There

3). Map (see (Ninewa)

monthly rations in Akre and 44 percent in Shikhan Shikhan in percent 44 and Akre in rations monthly

percent of respondents received their their received respondents of percent 49 however,

Kifri (Diyala) reported receiving PDS rations; rations; PDS receiving reported (Diyala) Kifri

another in March. Only 6 percent of respondents in in respondents of percent 6 Only March. in another

System (PDS) rations varied from one location to to location one from varied rations (PDS) System

The level of household access to Public Distribution Distribution Public to access household of level The

Map 3. Respondent households who received PDS in March 2016 2016 March in PDS received who households Respondent 3. Map

(PDS) System Distribution Public the to access Household