This manual describes the FEWS food security risk assessment method in its entirety-data collection through reporting. The methodology is a qualitative method tool

Reliable and adequately detailed information about the food security of a nation’s population is important for the development of policies and programmes to increase food security and reduce food insecurity and hunger. The United States (US) Food Security Measurement Project has developed and implemented survey-based methods to help provide this information for households in the United States. Research is under way to explore the feasibility of adapting these methods for use in other countries. This paper examines data collected from three such studies in low-income populations in India, Uganda and Bangladesh, and assesses scales developed from these data.