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The comprehensive food security assessment was conducted in April 2012 by the State Ministry of Agriculture with support from WFP Sudan. The survey covered 9 localities in rural North Kordofan, distributed across eight different livelihood zones. The main objectives of the assessment are:

• to provide a reliable and detailed assessment of the current food security and vulnerability situation of the North Kordofan population;
• to assess some of the causes and risk factors for food insecurity and vulnerability and;
• to identify pockets of vulnerability where assistance and targeting may be required in the future.

The comprehensive food security assessment was conducted in December 2011 and January 2012 by the State Ministry of Agriculture and Strategic Reserve Corporation with support from WFP Sudan. The main objectives of the assessment were:

• to provide a reliable and detailed assessment of the current food security and vulnerability situation of the Kassala population;
• to assess some of the causes and risk factors for food insecurity and vulnerability and
• to identify pockets of vulnerability where assistance and targeting may be required in the future.

Information was collected from a total of 1,554 households. In total, 55 cities/villages were randomly visited from 11 localities across six different livelihood zones. Child health and feeding information was collected along with the mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) measure for approximately 1,400 children between 6 and 59 months of age.

The main objectives of the assessment were:
•    to provide a reliable and detailed assessment of the food security and vulnerability situation of the Darfur population;
•    to assess some of the causes and risk factors for food insecurity and vulnerability and;
•    to identify pockets of vulnerability where assistance and targeting may be required in the future.
The assessment covered 37 out of 38 planned localities in the three Darfur states. Information was collected from around of 5,600 households; 1,570 households from North Darfur, 2,940 households from South Darfur and 1,100 households from West Darfur.

The Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) seeks to compile and critically assess available information on household livelihoods, food security and vulnerability in Sudan.