Why a Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis in Ghana?
There is a wealth of information available in Ghana. Numerous nationwide surveys are conducted on a regular basis, such as the Ghana Living Standard Survey (GLSS), the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) and the Demographic Health Survey (DHS). The Food Security Monitoring System (FSMS) which is jointly operated by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), MoH and WFP, provides monthly updates on food security related information collected in three northern regions. In addition there have been and continue to be informative research initiatives related to food security carried out by the World Bank (WB), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER), among others. With the aim to provide a clearer picture of how Ghanaians access food and the difficulties they face, the survey was to draw from this rich pool of information, further build on it and enrich it with updated information collected at the grass r
