VAC ZAMBIA Vulnerability Assessment Committee 2010 In-Depth Vulnerability and Needs Assessment Report By The Zambia Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZVAC) July 2010 Lusaka Table of Contents Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................. vii Acronyms................................................................................................................................ viii Executive Summary .................................................................................................................. ix 1.0. INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Background ...................................................................................................................................................................................................1 1.2 Objectives......................................................................................................................................................................................................2 1.2.1 Overall Objective .............................................................................................................................................................................................2 1.2.2 Specific Objectives ..........................................................................................................................................................................................2 1.3 Scope of the In-Depth Vulnerability and Needs Assessment...........................................................................................................................2 1.4 Methods and Procedures...........................................................................................................................................................................................3 1.4.1 Target Population.............................................................................................................................................................................................3 1.4.2 Sampling Frame ...............................................................................................................................................................................................3 1.4.3 Sampling Method.............................................................................................................................................................................................3 1.4.4 Sample Size ......................................................................................................................................................................................................4 1.5 Weighting Procedure.................................................................................................................................................................................................4 1.5.1 Base Weights....................................................................................................................................................................................................5 1.5.2 Post Stratification Weights..............................................................................................................................................................................5 1.6 Reliability of Estimates.............................................................................................................................................................................................5 1.7. Estimates for Nutrition Component ........................................................................................................................................................................6 1.7.1. Sample size and sampling process for the household survey.......................................................................................................................6 1.7.2 Anthropometric measurement.........................................................................................................................................................................6 1.7.3. Nutrition Cut-off points for children .............................................................................................................................................................7 1.8. Estimating Food Production in Maize Equivalent .................................................................................................................................................7 1.9. Identifying Desperate Areas and Persons...............................................................................................................................................................8 1.9.1. Determination of Cereal Requirements for the Affected Population in Food Insecure District ...................................................9 1.5 Limitations ....................................................................................................................................................................................................9 2.0. CONTEXT.........................................................................................................................10 2.1. The Economy ........................................................................................................................................................................................................10 2.2. Agriculture and Food Security...................................................................................................................................................................11 2.2.1 Input Distribution...........................................................................................................................................................................................11 2.2.2. Crop Production, Food Supply and Access ........................................................................................................................................14 2.2.3. National Food Supply for the 2008/09 Marketing Season.................................................................................................................17 2.2.4 Food Access ...................................................................................................................................................................................................19 2.2.5 Livestock Situation ........................................................................................................................................................................................20 2.3 Water and Sanitation ...............................................................................................................................................................................................21 2.4 Health 23 2.5. Nutrition..................................................................................................................................................................................................................25 2.6. Education ................................................................................................................................................................................................................26 2.7. Social Protection.....................................................................................................................................................................................................29 2.8. Human Habitation and Shelter ..............................................................................................................................................................................31 2.9. Infrastructure ...............................................................................................................................................................................................32 ii 3.0. FINDINGS.........................................................................................................................33 3.1. General Demographics...........................................................................................................................................................................................33 3.2. Preparedness Measures ..........................................................................................................................................................................................33 3.3. Livelihoods, Incomes, Expenditure Patterns and Asset Ownership ...................................................................................................................34 3.3.1. Livelihoods....................................................................................................................................................................................................34 3.3.2. Income Sources.............................................................................................................................................................................................35 3.3.3. Expenditure Patterns.....................................................................................................................................................................................36 3.3.4. Asset Ownership ...........................................................................................................................................................................................36