Title II Indicator Guides

This series of technical guides was developed for PVOs to develop monitoring and evaluation systems for use in Title II programs. The guides are intended to provide the technical basis for the indicators and recommended methods for collecting, analyzing and reporting on the indicators.

Agricultural Productivity Indicators Measurement Guide
This guide discusses the following indicators and the data needed for each of them: harvested crop yields per hectare, gap between actual and potential yields, yield variability under varying conditions, value of crop production per household, months of household food provision, percent of crop losses during storage, number of hectares with improved practices and number of crop storage facilities built and used.

Anthropometric Indicators Measurement Guide
This newly revised guide assists PVOs in improving their monitoring and evaluation. It focuses on anthropometric assessment of infants and children. Information is provided on how to collect, analyze and report on key anthropometric indicators.

Food for Education Indicator Guide
USAID supports Food for Education (FFE) approaches to increase enrollment and school attendance in developing countries. To provide guidance on these issues, FANTA has prepared an indicator guide. The guide was developed with Title II Food Aid PVOs, various USAID offices involved in education, the World Bank and the World Food Program.

Food Security Indicators and Framework for Use in the Monitoring and Evaluation of Food Aid Programs
Integrating food security indicators into the monitoring and evaluation systems of food aid programs will ensure better and more efficient management of these resources and improve their impact. This guide outlines a process for identifying indicators and provides a conceptual framework for understanding food security issues.

Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) for Measurement of Household Food Access: Indicator Guide, Version 2 and Months of Adequate Household Food Provisioning (MAHFP) for Measurement of Household Food Access: Indicator Guide
Household food access is defined as the ability to acquire sufficient quality and quantity of food to meet all household members’ nutritional requirements for productive lives. Given the variety of activities implemented by Cooperating Sponsors (CSs) to improve household food access and the significant challenges most CSs face in measuring household food access for reporting purposes, there is a need to build consensus on appropriate household food access impact indicators. These guides provide two proxy measures of household food access.

Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) for Measurement of Food Access: Indicator Guide, Version 3
FANTA, in collaboration with Cornell and Tufts Universities, has developed a Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) measure and a guide with a standardized questionnaire and data collection and analysis instructions. The information generated by the HFIAS can be used to assess the prevalence of household food insecurity (access component) (e.g., for geographic targeting) and to detect changes in the food insecurity situation of a population over time (e.g., for monitoring and evaluation).

Measuring Household Food Consumption: A Technical Guide
The guide describes the process and procedures for collecting information to assess the food-intake requirements of a household and a step-by-step analysis of the food consumed. The newly revised Appendices provide detailed information about analyzing the data.

Sampling Guide
Sample surveys are often the most feasible way of gathering the information required for Title II program evaluations. This guide provides guidance on how to go about choosing samples of communities, households and/or individuals for these surveys. This information when combined with appropriate indicators and evaluation study designs will permit analysis of the effectiveness of Title II programs. This guide emphasizes the use of probability sampling methods. The Sampling Guide is also available in French and Spanish.

Water and Sanitation Indicators Measurement Guide
Water and sanitation improvements, in association with hygiene behavior change can have significant effects on population and health. These improvements in health can lead to reduced morbidity and morality and improved nutritional status. This guide provides information on water and sanitation impact and monitoring indicators.