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Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) Kenya 2016

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Executive Summary

The 2016 Kenya Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Survey (CFSVA) aims to give the first 47-county overview of food security and nutrition in Kenya since the process of devolution began in 2013.

The data and analysis for the report is drawn from the 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS), which was designed to monitor and evaluate population and health situations in Kenya. It marks the first time that food security indicators have been included in any DHS survey.

Fieldwork for the main survey took place from May 7 to October 20, 2014. A total of 36,430 households were successfully interviewed. WFP’s analysis of the DHS data for the CFSVA explores two key food security indicators, the Food Consumption Score and Coping Strategy Index, in an effort to profile food secure and food insecure households, and discusses possible causes of food and nutrition insecurity.

Introduction

This report aims to give the first county level overview of food security and nutrition in Kenya since the process of devolution began in 2013. It aims to answer the following key questions:

  1. What is the comparative state of food security, wealth and nutrition of Kenyan households at county level?

  2. Who are most vulnerable to food insecurity, poverty and undernutrition?

  3. What are the key drivers of food insecurity and undernutrition?

  4. Are there geographic patterns in vulnerability, i.e. worse and better off areas. What are the reasons for these differences?

Methodology

The data and analysis for the 2016 Kenya Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) is drawn from the 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS), which was designed to monitor and evaluate population and health situations in Kenya. This was the sixth DHS conducted in Kenya since 1989 but the first such survey to provide estimates for selected demographic and health indicators at the level of the 47 counties that serve as devolved units of administration, created in the new constitution of 2010. It was also the first time that food security indicators were included in any DHS survey, allowing for the analysis presented in this report.

The survey sampling approach was designed to provide representative data at the national level, and for urban and rural areas separately. Additionally, for many indicators, the survey was designed to provide representative data for each county. See the DHS report for a full description of the sampling methodology.

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