Food Security and Agriculture Cluster

Kabul- Afghanistan6th January 2016

Agenda1. Introduction and review of action points from the

previous meeting2. Discussion on food assistance & livelihood packages3. Updates on Earthquake response4. Updates on Kunduz response5. Discussion on FSAC working group-needs in 2016

AOB:- Post distribution monitoring tools- Annual FSAC achievements- Next meeting

Action points from the last meeting- Share FSAC strategy for 2016 with all FSAC partners – (Achieved)- Conduct and share update of the proposal and report writing

training with the partners. (Achieved)- Provide update of the reporting requirements on earthquake

response (no more update required at weekly basis – back to quarterly reporting)

- SAG meeting to decide about FSAC packages for 2016 (SAG conducted discussion and decided to have regional level food basket. Initial results to be presented today)

- Forming a group on post distribution monitoring tools for finalization of tools and guidelines (tools already shared for inputs).

Food assistance packageBasic rules to design food assistance package;- Minimum 2100 Kcal/person/day.- Family size- Nutritional balance- Cultural food habits and practices- Cost associated with transportation and cooking- Specific need coming from evidence based

assessment (nutritional deficiency etc.) - Overall needs vs funding availability- Logistic constraints

Previous cluster recommended cash and in-kind basket

Cluster recommended basic food basket for population (100% - 2100Kcal/person/day for a family of seven) October 2015

S.No Name of the Commodity Unit Quantity Unit price Total price in Afs1Wheat Flour Kg 100 30 3,000

2Vegetable Oil Littre 7.5 80 600

3Pulses Kg 7 65 455

4Salt Kg 1 15 15

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Total   4,070

Total in USD @ 64 Afs=1USD 64 Cluster recommend 65 USD (4,100 Afs) for 100% food basket and 48 USD (3,100 Afs) for 75%

food basket based on needs. Cluster recommended labour wage rates/day for CFW activities

Type National average Cluster recommendation1Unskilled labour 282.5 300

2Skilled labour 618 650

FSAC Packages (Food Basket)- Recommended as per discussion

CR (Kabul, Logar, Wardak, Panjsheer, Kapisa, Parwan)Cluster recommended basic food basket for population (100% - 2100Kcal/person/day for a family of seven)

October 2015

S. NoName of the Commodity Unit Quantity Unit price Total price in Afs

1Wheat Flour Kg 65 30 1,950

2Local Rice Kg 25 45 1,120

3Vegetable Oil Littre 7.5 67 499

4Pulses Kg 7 72 503

5Salt Kg 1 15 15

6Sugar Kg 6 44 266

7Tea Kg 1 200 200

8Vegetable 500

Total 5,053

Total in USD @ 66 Afs=1USD 74

Proposed FSAC Packages – subject to approval by ministry

- Daily wage unskilled labor minimum 300 Afs - Daily wage rate for skilled labor minimum 650 Afs - Agriculture package Wheat seed (50 Kg – 1300 Afs),

Urea (50 Kg – 1500Afs) and DAP (50 Kg - 2700 Afs)- Kitchen gardening tools and at least 4 types of

seasonal vegetable seed enriched in micro nutrients. - Poultry package must include minimum 8 hens and 2

rosters.

- Total number of families assessed so far is 8,000 in PD I to 7.

- Total families received food assistance till to date is 8,000 (443.89MT food distributed)

Kunduz Response Updates

Earthquake Flash Update – 25th December

Incident Summary: The 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck north-eastern Afghanistan on the evening of 25 December which affected 680 people in 22 districts, injured 15 people, damaged 91 homes and six homes destroyed.

Earthquake Response – 26th OctFamilies Assessed & eligible: - Families Assessed & eligible: Total 20,990 families affected across the

country, including (10,908 families in North and Northeastern Region, 8,058 families in Eastern Region, 1,862 families in Central and 162 families in South Eastern Region). (IOM)

Families Received Food & Cash Assistance: - Total 14,119 families received food assistance including (6,793 families in

the North and Northeastern Region, 6,011 families in the Eastern Region, 1,288 families in the Central Region and 27 families in South Eastern Region) as well as 567 families received cash assistance.

Discussion on FSAC working group-needs in 2016

- DRR and resilience working group- Early warning information working group- Post distribution monitoring working group- Working group on assessment and information gap- Working group to design and review FSAC - packages for different vulnerable group in different

locations- Gender, protection and accountability working

group

- Post distribution monitoring tools- Annual FSAC achievements- FTS update and request for data submission- Next meeting

AOB

Thanks