A Baseline Survey of the Food Income & Markets Programme in Takhar and Badakhshan

This report presents the findings from a baseline survey of Concern WorldWide’s Food Income & Markets Programme in Takhar and Badakhshan (Northeast Afghanistan) conducted by Samuel Hall. The report is divided into two parts. The first part presents the statistical data for the baseline survey, and the second part contains detailed recommendations for refining data collection and analysis. This baseline study is an important first step to developing a series of robust and meaningful Indicators for measuring Concern’s Food Income & Markets Programme efficacy.

Concern’s Food Income and Markets programme (FIM) operates across 11 districts in Takhar and Badakhshan. FIM aims to strengthen social, human and natural resources and includes the sub-sectors of food security and livelihood security, natural resource management, water and sanitation. It also includes the National Solidarity Programme (NSP) and the Actions for Women’s Advocacy, Rights and Empowerment (AWARE). Therefore the FIM Programme incorporates a wide range of diverse, albeit interconnected, areas. The common thread throughout Concern’s work is the targeting of vulnerable and poor rural communities.