Markets are a crucial component of how people survive. Understanding how markets function and then are disrupted in emergencies is critical to any analysis of hunger, and of food and livelihood security. The Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis (EMMA) techniques described in this toolkit assist frontline staff in undertaking rapid assessments of market systems in the first few weeks of a crisis. Its purpose is to improve early response planning so that resources are used effectively, and to try to ensure that opportunities to bolster future recovery in the local economy are not missed. This...