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Section: Step 1
Box: 1.1 (EMMATKp35) Useful websites for rapid background research
RELIEF-WEB: for general news and updates on emergency situation (organized by countries and sectors), lots of maps, OCHA Situation
Reports, Cluster Reports
www.reliefweb.int
FEWS-NET: for food-security information, descriptions of livelihood zones and market profiles, data on markets and trade, food security,
maps of trade flows
www.fews.net
MAP-ACTION: source of maps and technical information, for example on trade flows
www.mapaction.org
UN OCHA: ‘Who Does What Where’ – a contact-management directory
http://3w.unocha.org
LOG-CLUSTER: logistics information relevant to conducting fieldwork, road conditions and travel times, maps and supplier databases (for
contacts)
www.logcluster.org
UNICEF: for general country-overview information, especially re water and sanitation, health sector, essential household items. Focus on
children’s needs
www.unicef.org
WFP: for information on food-security issues, search by country, CFSVA and CFSAM reports
www.wfp.org
UNHCR: usually good for information on shelter needs, especially re refugee and IDP movements
www.unhcr.org
IOM: International Office for Migration – reports relating to movement of people and shelter needs
www.iom.org
IFRC: for links to national Red Cross organizations (especially relevant after natural disasters)
www.ifrc.org
Box: 1.2 (EMMATKp36) Useful websites for detailed research
FAO and FAOSTAT: for reports and data on food production, food security, and balance sheets
www.fao.org
/
http://faostat.fao.org
WFP VAM: the Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping branch, for detailed reports about food insecurity
http://vam.wfp.org
Microfinance Gateway: for country profiles on micro-finance institutions and credit services
www.microfinancegateway.com
Food Economy Group: resource for Household Economy Analysis (HEA) reports and guidance
www.feg-consulting.com
Livelihoods Connect: resource for Sustainable Livelihoods approach, reports, and guidance
www.livelihoods.org
SEEP-Network: good for web-links to country-specific sites on micro-finance, enterprise development
www.seepnetwork.org
BDS-Knowledge: huge library of reports on enterprise development, market analyses
www.bdsknowledge.org
UNDP: for more detailed reports on long-term development policies and livelihood strategies
www.undp.org
VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT WIKI: good practice in value-chain development
http://apps.develebridge.net/amap/index.php/Value_Chain_Development
MICRO-LINKS: Micro-enterprise development in conflict-affected environments; project site and resources
www.microlinks.org/ev_en.php?ID=19747_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC
Example of target group profile from Ethiopia, water trucking market system (Oxfam GB 2012)
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Target group example Box: 1.7/ 7.1 (EMMATKp43, p129)
Target group
Target group characteristic
Locations and
total household
number
Total
Households in
Target Group
Male
Female
Number of households
not targeted
Displaced
farming
households in
camps
Typically rely on seasonal
work for maize farmers.
Facing no income from
agriculture until March
next year.
Jezila (6,000);
Matran
(6,000)
Total = 7,000
Jezila (3,000);
Matran
(4,000)
40%
60%
Jezila (3,000);
Matran (2,000)
Totals
12,000
7,000
5,000
Section: Step 2
Box: 7.2 (EMMATKp4130) Reasons why a market system might be critical
Why system is critical
Nature of gap
It supplies food or items
needed for ensuring
survival
Shortfall between what households have and what is required to meet minimum standards for
protecting life (c.f. Sphere)
It supplies inputs or assets
for protecting livelihoods
Shortfall in inputs, assets, or services that households need to protect and sustain livelihood activities
(e.g. food production)
It provides income, wages,
or access to buyers
Loss of opportunity to sell labour, livestock, surplus produce, etc. which households need in order to
earn a minimum essential income
Box: 2.10 (EMMATKp55) Examples of Key Analytical Questions
Market system
Key analytical questions
Timber
market system,
Haiti, 2008
What capacity does the timber market system have to supply housing-reconstruction materials to the
target population?
What form of support for accessing timber is preferable: cash grants, relief-agency distributions, or some
other? Why?
Beans
market system,
Haiti, 2008
How has (target group) farmers’ access to markets to sell beans been affected by the hurricanes?
What is the availability of beans to supply consumption needs of the target population in the affected
area?
When should existing food aid be phased out, and how?
Fishing-nets
market system,
Myanmar, 2008
What are the main constraints affecting the re-supply of fishing nets to subsistence fisher-folk (target
group) in the delta?
What form of assistance to fishing households is most needed?
Are there any obvious interventions in the fishing-net supply chain that could speed recovery of this
system?
Imported rice market
system
Liberia, 2011
Has there been any change in consumer demand as a result of the refugee influx?
What capacity does the imported rice market system have to supply the vulnerable host communities
and refugees?
What are the main constraints affecting host communities and refugees access to imported rice?
Pig and Chicken market
systems
Vietnam, 2010
How has the pig/chicken market been affected by the double flooding?
What are the best and most feasible response options to support the (female) farmer in the short and
longer term?
Rice market system
Sri Lanka, 2011
What constraints are there to food security for conflict-affected populations in the north, particularly as
regards rice?
- How can interventions best support the rice-related livelihood strategies of poor and vulnerable
conflict-affected populations in the north?
Water trucking market
system
Ethiopia, 2012
Does the commercial water trucking market have sufficient capacity and access to adequate water
supplies to meet human water needs during times of even the most critical shortages?
What constraints do water truckers face?