WFP Mobile Solutions poster - Innovations fair

Author(s)
WFP
Publication language
English
Pages
1pp
Date published
18 Nov 2009
Publisher
WFP
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Comms, media & information, Food and nutrition, Innovation

 The Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping branch (VAM) in WFP performs food security assessments to understand who the needy are, how many are they, where are they, what risks do they face and what is their ability to cope. VAM also monitors market prices, cross border trade and nutrition indicators to issue early warning regarding food security shocks.
The innovation consists in the use of PDA, GPS and mobile phones to collect and transmit the data gathered in the field. This has enhanced the speed at which data is made available and greatly improved the quality of the data collected.