WFP Resilience Monitoring Results_Chikwawa and Mangochi, presented by Blessings Chida, 11 Feb 2020: BRACC resilience learning event, 11-12 Feb. 2020, Lilongwe, Malawi

1. September, 2019
Integrated Resilience Programme 2019
BASELINE REPORT

2. Background Information and IRM Project Objective
Integrated Resilience Programme (IRP) aligns with a resilient food systems approach,
contributing to Strategic Result 4 of SDG 2 through the following components:
1. Food Assistance for Assets (FFA)
2. R4 Rural Resilience Initiative (R4)
3. Integrated Risk Management and Climate Services
4. Smallholder Agricultural Market Support (SAMS)
5. BMZ
Goal: In collaboration with NGO partners and government, WFP will implement integrated
resilience programme in the districts of Balaka, Blantyre, Chikwawa, Machinga, Mangochi,
Phalombe, Nsanje and Zomba.
Target: 154,435 households for 2019

3. District Interventions

4. Baseline Objectives
Understand the nutrition and food security situation and livelihood resilience of
households/communities in all districts implementing the Resilience Programme by
assessing the following areas:
1. Households’ characteristics
2. Households’ assets
3. Households’ agricultural production practices
4. How households are affected by shocks and the coping strategies they employ
5. Households’ food security outcome indicators (Food Consumption Score, Diet
Diversity Score)
6. Cross-cutting indicators on Protection, Gender and Accountability to Affected
Populations (AAP)
7. Households’ crop yield, livestock ownership, and income levels
8. Linkages

5. Sampling Strategy
• Stratified and three-stage cluster sampling
• Sample designed to detect a minimum difference
of 5 percentage points (5 pp) between sub-groups
• Prevalence of poor food consumption score from
2018 Resilience outcome monitoring survey was
used to determine sample size
• 5,783 households sampled across 8 districts
comprising of beneficiaries, non-beneficiaries and
households under inequality impact study

6. Methodology

7. Demography and Household Characteristics

8. • Household Size: 4.3 to 5.6
• Average Head of HH Age: 44 years
old
• HH head’s Level of Education:
- 67% attended primary school
- 12% attended secondary school
- 21% never attended school
28% 72%
HH head Gender
Household Demography – Chikwawa and Mangochi

9. Agricultural Production

10. Crop Diversification – Chikwawa and Mangochi
Key Observation:
Most farmers are solely
producing maize.
Despite different
environments favoring
different crops, there is
need to encourage
farmers to cultivate a
variety of crops beyond
maize.
80%
16%
8%
5%
13%
28%
15%
3%
69%
6% 6%
3%
14%
26%
17%
1%
Maize G/nuts Cowpeas Seetpotato Pigeonpeas Sorghum Millet Cassava
Crops diversification
Beneficiary Non-Beneficiary

11. • Overall, low proportion of
households produced
300 KG of maize or above
• High proportion of
households in Chikwawa
did not harvest maize-
Floods and environmental
conditions which does not
favor maize production.
Maize Harvest

12. • Casual labour remains
major source of income
across all sub-groups
Income Generating/Livelihood Activities

13. Food and Nutrition Security

14. Food Consumption Score
• Programme Target: 100% of HH
falling within acceptable and
borderline categories by the end of
the project
• Across the two districts, the overall
proportion of HH with poor FCS is
7%
• There is relatively higher
proportion of female-headed
households (12%) with poor FCS as
compared to male-headed
households (4%).

15. Further analysis of FCS by district and beneficiary status
Average Food Consumption Score by District
Further
analysis of
FCS by
district and
beneficiary
status

16. Nutrition/Nutrients
3% 5% 8% 4% 7%
0%
4% 6% 4%
56% 54%
72%
64%
63%
53%
61% 59% 63%
40% 41%
20%
32% 30%
47%
35% 35% 33%
Ben Non-Ben Inequality
study
Ben Non-Ben Inequality
study
Ben Non-Ben Inequality
study
Chikwawa Mangochi Overall
Vitamin A
Vit A 0 days Vit A 1-6 days Vit A 7 or more days
51% 52%
63%
28%
18%
11%
36%
32%
39%
49% 47%
38%
68%
74%
84%
61%
63%
59%
0% 1% 0%
5% 8% 5% 3% 5% 3%
Ben Non-Ben Inequality
study
Ben Non-Ben Inequality
study
Ben Non-Ben Inequality
study
Chikwawa Mangochi Overall
HemIron
0 days 1-6 days 7 or more days

17. 10%
18%
8%
9%
8%
7%
10%
12%
8%
74%
62%
72%
64%
62%
67%
67%
62%
70%
16%
20%
20%
27%
30%
25%
23%
26%
23%
Ben
Non-Ben
Inequality study
Ben
Non-Ben
Inequality study
Ben
Non-Ben
Inequality study
ChikwawaMangochiOverall
Proteins
0 days 1-6 days 7 or more days
Nutrition/Nutrients
• High proportion of
households eating
proteins falling within
the category of 1-6
days

18. Dietary Diversity Score by Beneficiary Status, Gender

19. Average rCSI by District

20. LCSI by Beneficiary StatusLCSI by Beneficiary Status
• Relatively high proportion of HH falling
under the category of neutral and
stress across all districts and sub-
groups
• Emergency LCSI is relatively high
among female-headed households
and inequality impact study
communities in Chikwawa
• As a long-term measure of impact,
floods can be among the contributing
factors to this deteriorating condition

21. Households Food Expenditure Share (%)
• In Mangochi and
Chikwawa, 35% and
45% of households,
respectively, are
spending over 75% of
their expenditure on
food
20%
18%
9%
26%
25%
18%
17%
23%
17%
22%
21%
15%
17%
15%
19%
17%
18%
20%
45%
45%
55%
35%
37%
47%
Ben
Non Ben
Inequality impact stusy
Ben
Non Ben
Inequality impact stusy
ChikwawaMangochi
Food Expenditure Share (%)
<50% 50% to 64.9% 65%-75% >75%

22. • Overall, the
percentage of
households falling
under severe food
insecurity ranges
from 6-10% among
different sub-groups
• Food insecurity- 40%
CARI