Rwanda - Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis and Nutrition Survey 2012

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Reference ID RWA_2012_CFSVA_v01_M
Year 2012
Country Rwanda
Producer(s) Rwandan National Institute of Statistics (NISR) - Government of Rwanda
Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) - Government of Rwanda
World Food Programme - United Nations
Sponsor(s) Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation - SDC - Financial support
United Nations Rwanda - One UN - Financial support
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Gates - Financial support
Canadian International Development Agency - CIDA - Fina
Study website Study website
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Documentation

Download the questionnaires, technical documents and reports that describe the survey process and the key results for this study.
Questionnaires
Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis and Nutrition Survey 2012, Household Questionnaire
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Country Rwanda
Language English
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Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis and Nutrition Survey 2012, Mother and Child Nutrition Questionnaire
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Country Rwanda
Language English
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Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis and Nutrition Survey 2012, Village Key Informant Questionnaire
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Country Rwanda
Language English
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Reports
Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis and Nutrition Survey 2012
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Author(s) Prepared by Laura de Franchis of WFP
Date 2012-12-01
Country Rwanda
Language English
Table of contents List of Figures, Tables, Boxes and Maps ........................................................................... ii
Acronyms and Abbreviations ............................................................................................ v
Foreword ...................................................................................................................... viii
Acknowledgements .......................................................................................................... x
Key findings ..................................................................................................................... 2

1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 4
1.1 Rwanda's impressive accomplishements .................................................................. 4
1.2 Poverty and inequality persist ................................................................................ 4
1.3 Outlook and reasons for this assessment................................................................. 5

2 Study objectives and methodology .......................................................................... 6
2.1 Key objectives of the assessment ........................................................................... 6
2.2 Conceptual framework and definitions..................................................................... 6
2.3 Methodology ........................................................................................................ 7
2.4 Study limitations .................................................................................................. 9

3 The state of food security and nutrition in Rwanda in 2012 ................................... 11
3.1 Increasing food availability .................................................................................. 11
3.2 Markets are generally efficient and fair ................................................................. 18
3.3 Half of households have difficulty accessing food .................................................... 29
3.4 Almost four in five households had acceptable food consumption in March/April 2012 . 30
3.5 Acceptable levels of acute malnutrition but still alarmingly high rates of chronic malnutrition for children under five .......... 37
3.6 Women's nutritional status .................................................................................. 38

4 Understanding the issues behind poor food consumption and chronic malnutrition in Rwanda .............. 40
4.1 What are the individual factors that determine child stunting? ................................. 42
4.2 What households are food insecure or have stunted children? .................................. 46
4.3 Where do the food insecure households and the malnourished children live? ............. 62

5 How shocks impact food security .......................................................................... 78
5.1 Risk and vulnerability approach ............................................................................ 78
5.2 Main shocks ....................................................................................................... 79
5.3 Resilience and capacity to cope with shocks ........................................................... 82
5.4 Rainfall deficit and erratic rainfall ......................................................................... 85
5.5 Floods ............................................................................................................... 88
5.6 Increases in staple food prices ............................................................................. 89

6 What is being done? key tools and mechanisms in place to address poverty, malnutrition and food insecurity in Rwanda .... 92
6.1 Assistance received ............................................................................................ 92
6.2 Government led social protection ......................................................................... 96
6.3 Livelihoods, agriculture and livestock support ........................................................ 99
6.4 Education support ............................................................................................ 101
6.5 Multisectoral strategy to eliminate malnutrition .................................................... 101
6.6 Health ............................................................................................................ 101
6.7 Food assistance ............................................................................................... 102

7 The way forward to tackle food insecurity and malnutrition ................................ 103
7.1 Conclusion ...................................................................................................... 103
7.2 Recommendations ............................................................................................ 105

Annexes (included in the CD-ROM) .............................................................................. 108
Download http://www.wfp.org/content/rwanda-comprehensive-food-security-vulnerability-analysis-nutrition-survey-dec-2012

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