Participatory Tools Used in Food Security Assessments Session 2.4 Qualitative Approaches for FS Assessments

Session Objectives After this session, participants should be able to: Be familiar with participatory data collection and analysis tools commonly used in qualitative assessments. Be able to facilitate data collection and analysis using three participatory mapping and piling techniques. Qualitative Approaches for FS Assessments

Basket of Participatory Tools Observational Tools Visual ToolsDiscussion Participant Observation Transect Walk Mapping (many) Ranking (many) Calendars (many) Venn Diagrams Flow Diagrams Other variations Discussions Interviews Qualitative Approaches for FS Assessments

Resource Map What did we learn from this exercise? Was the map accurate? Does it need to be? How can the Resource Map be applied to qualitative food security assessments? What questions can it help us answer? How can we augment our learning from the Resource Map? When is it appropriate to use the Map? What are the limitations/potential biases? How can these be reduced Qualitative Approaches for FS Assessments

Resource Cards Senior Management Middle Management Both Qualitative Approaches for FS Assessments

Income and Expenditure Matrix Wealthy Average Poor Source of Income Qualitative Approaches for FS Assessments

Pairwise Ranking A participatory method used for prioritizing or ranking lists prepared by communities. Common examples are lists of problems, needs, crops, coping strategies. It not only gives us a quantitative data (rank or number of votes), but also provides analytical insights; i.e. explains preferences and ranks. Principle: each item on a list is compared in a systematic way with all other items on the list. Qualitative Approaches for FS Assessments

Reflection