Comprehensive food security monitoring exercise (CESME)

With the support of REACH, the World Food Programme (WFP) carried out a Comprehensive Food Security Monitoring Exercise (CFSME) throughout all twelve governorates of Jordan and in Za’atri Refugee Camp in December 2013 and January 2014 in order to assess the vulnerabilities, food security situations and living conditions of the UNHCR registered Syrian refugee population in Jordan. Some 99 percent of all respondents were recipients of WFP food assistance.
The main objective of the exercise was to assess the food security situation and determine appropriate vulnerability criteria for registered Syrian refugee households living in Jordanian host communities to be used with the planned move to a more targeted approach. It was assumed, based on the Regional Response Plan (RRP6), that targeted assistance would not occur in refugee camps, and thus the main focus of this exercise was registered Syrian refugees living in non-camp environments. However, a sample was surveyed in Za’atri camp for comparison purposes in terms of the food security status of Syrian refugees. Azraq camp only opened after data collection and thus is not mentioned further in this report. In total, 7,814 households were surveyed through this monitoring exercise in all districts of Jordan.