Your input requested: Public review of the revised Feed the Future indicator definitions
Public review of the revised Feed the Future indicator definitions is now closed. We thank you sincerely for your input!
We invite you to:
- Please view the list below (or under Resources at right) of the Revised FTF Indicators;
- Click the hyperlinked title of each indicator to see its definition sheet;
- Fill out the survey to comment on any indicator definitions that interest you!
Note: The survey will allow you to comment on any number of indicator definitions you want -- please only fill out one survey per person.
Note: We plan to include five Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicators in our list, but those definitions are still being developed by the UN, and we will align with them once they're published.
Background:
We sought your expertise this past summer in developing the updated list of indicators for Feed the Future (FTF) under the Global Food Security Strategy (GFSS), which enabled us to send that list to Congress as part of the required GFSS Implementation Plan. Since then, an interagency Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning working group (MEL WG) has been working diligently to flesh out the definitions of those indicators, and we'd now like your input on whether those definitions are clear, practical, and able to be implemented in the field.
As a reminder, this revised list of Feed the Future standard indicators (list below) provides a foundation for Feed the Future’s accountability and learning by measuring progress against all facets of the GFSS results framework. This list reflects important updates to Feed the Future in its new phase, including a greater focus on resilience, strengthening systems, and cross-cutting issues, as well as a more comprehensive approach to nutrition.
We invite all FTF Stakeholders (USG field staff, Mission staff, partners, advocates, the public, etc.) to review the indicator defintions of most interest to you and provide any suggested feedback through our dynamic survey form. This review period will be open for one week from Tuesday, Feb. 13 - Tuesday, Feb. 20.
After feedback is received, we will be incorporating any needed edits to the definitions, compiling them all together in a new Indicator Handbook, and publishing by the end of March.
Thank you in advance for your review and we look forward to ensuring all of these indicator definitions are clear, usable, and able to be successfully implemented so that we can continuing monitoring the results of our food security work. In summary:
- WHAT: Request for input on whether revised Feed the Future indicator definitions are clear and practical
- WHO: Open to public, but especially hope to hear from Implementing Partners, U.S. Government field staff, advocates, etc.
- WHEN: Tuesday, Feb. 13 - Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018
- WHERE: Here! Click the survey link to provide comments.
- WHY: To ensure our indicators can be implemented successfully in the field
Ready to provide your feedback? Access the survey here!
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
CONTEXT INDICATORS
Row # | RF Level and Title in GFSS Results Framework (RF) | Indicator Number | Indicator Title |
1 | Objective 1: Inclusive and sustainable agricultural-led economic growth (Cross-linked to Objective 2: Strengthened resilience among people and systems) |
GFSS CONTEXT - 1 | Percentage of Households below the Comparative Threshold for the Poorest Quintile of the Asset-Based Comparative Wealth Index [National-level] |
2 | IR.1: Strengthened inclusive agriculture systems that are productive and profitable | GFSS CONTEXT - 2 | Average income of small-scale food producers, by sex and indigenous status (SDG indicator #2.3.2) [National-level] |
3 | IR.1: Strengthened inclusive agriculture systems that are productive and profitable | GFSS CONTEXT - 3 | Volume of production per labour unit by classes of farming/pastoral/forestry enterprise size (SDG indicator #2.3.1) [National-level] |
4 | IR.3: Increased employment and entrepreneurship | GFSS CONTEXT - 4 | Percentage of 15-29 year olds who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) (SDG indicator #8.8.6) - [National-level] |
5 | Objective 2: Strengthened resilience among people and systems | GFSS CONTEXT - 5 | Prevalence of wasted (WHZ < -2) children under five (0-59 months) [National-level] |
6 | Objective 2: Strengthened resilience among people and systems | GFSS CONTEXT - 6 | Depth of Poverty of the poor: Mean percent shortfall relative to the $1.90/day 2011 PPP poverty line [National-level] |
7 | IR.4: Increased sustainable productivity, particularly through climate-smart approaches | GFSS CONTEXT - 7 | Yield of targeted agricultural commodities [National-level] |
8 | IR.4: Increased sustainable productivity, particularly through climate-smart approaches | GFSS CONTEXT - 8 | Proportion of agricultural area under productive and sustainable agriculture (SDG indicator #2.4.1) - [National-level] |
9 | Objective 3: A well-nourished population, especially among women and children | GFSS CONTEXT - 9 | Prevalence of healthy weight (WHZ ≤ 2 and ≥-2) among children under five (0-59 months) [National-level] |
10 | Objective 3: A well-nourished population, especially among women and children | GFSS CONTEXT - 10 | Prevalence of underweight (BMI < 18.5) women of reproductive age [National-level] |
11 | Objective 3: A well-nourished population, especially among women and children | GFSS CONTEXT - 11 | Prevalence of undernourishment (SDG indicator #2.1.1) [National-level] |
12 | IR.7: Increased consumption of nutritious and safe diets | GFSS CONTEXT - 12 | Prevalence of children 6-23 months receiving a minimum acceptable diet [National-level] |
13 | IR.7: Increased consumption of nutritious and safe diets | GFSS CONTEXT - 13 | Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding of children under six months of age [National-level] |
14 | IR.7: Increased consumption of nutritious and safe diets | GFSS CONTEXT - 14 | Prevalence of women of reproductive age consuming a diet of minimum diversity [National-level] |
15 | CCIR 1: Strengthened global commitment to investing in food security | GFSS CONTEXT - 15 | Food security and nutrition funding as reported to the OECD DAC [Global-level] |
16 | CCIR 2: Improved climate risk, land, marine, and other natural resource management (cross reference to CCIR5) | GFSS CONTEXT - 16 | Proportion of total adult rural farming population with secure tenure rights to land and legally recognized documentation and who perceive their rights to land as secure [National-level] |
17 | CCIR 3: Increased gender equality and female empowerment | GFSS CONTEXT - 17 | Average percentage of women achieving adequacy across the six indicators of the Abbreviated Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index [ZOI-level] |
18 | Objective 2: Strengthened resilience among people and systems | GFSS CONTEXT - 18 | U.S. government humanitarian assistance spending in areas/populations subject to recurrent crises [ZOI-level if possible, otherwise National-level] |
19 | IR.4: Increased sustainable productivity, particularly through climate-smart approaches | GFSS CONTEXT - 19 | Average deviation from 10-year rainfall average during the main growing season [ZOI-level] |
20 | IR.4: Increased sustainable productivity, particularly through climate-smart approaches (but cross-linked to CCIR 2: Improved climate risk, land, marine, and other natural resource management) |
GFSS CONTEXT - 20 | Average deviation from 10-year average NDVI during the main growing season [ZOI-level] |
21 | IR.4: Increased sustainable productivity, particularly through climate-smart approaches | GFSS CONTEXT - 21 | Average deviation from the 10-year average temperature during the main growing season [ZOI-level] |
22 | Objective 2: Strengthened resilience among people and systems | GFSS CONTEXT - 22 | Number of people in need of humanitarian food assistance in areas/populations subject to recurrent crises [ZOI-level if possible, otherwise National-level] |
23 | Objective 2: Strengthened resilience among people and systems | GFSS CONTEXT - 23 | Prevalence of people who are ‘Near-Poor’, living on 100 percent to less than 125 percent of the $1.90 2011 PPP poverty line [ZOI-level] |
24 | Objective 2: Strengthened resilience among people and systems | GFSS CONTEXT - 25 | Risk to well-being as a percent of GDP [National-level] |
25 | CCIR 1: Strengthened global commitment to investing in food security | GFSS CONTEXT - 26 | Share of agriculture in total government expenditure (%) [National-level] |