Difference Between Livelihood Products

FEWS NET CORE PRODUCT WHAT DOES IT DO? SOURCE OF INFORMATION
 
Livelihood Zone Map
Divides the country into homogenous zones within which people share broadly the same pattern of livelihood, including options for obtaining food and income and market opportunities. It provides geographic orientation for food security analysis and assistance targeting; a basis for identifying geographically relevant monitoring indicators; and a sampling frame for food security assessments and future livelihood zone profiling or baseline development. National and Sub-administrative Levels
Secondary Data
National and Sub-National Key Informants
 
Livelihood Profiles
Provide a snap shot of livelihood options (food and cash sources) for households in each livelihood zone, including a brief economic differentiation between groups (wealth groups) and the hazards to which they are vulnerable. They provide the livelihood context for understanding vulnerability to particular events and potential risk. Sub-administrative and Community Leader Level
District Key Informants
Traders/Markets
Community Leaders and Representatives
 
Livelihood Baselines
Provide a detailed quantified breakdown of household livelihood options (food, cash and expenditure patterns) and coping capacity/expandability for different wealth groups in the livelihood zone, highlighting market linkages and constraints and opportunities for economic growth. They provide information to determine risk of food insecurity given specific hazard events, including quantification of food and income deficits as well as numbers of people in need. Sub-administrative and Wealth Group/Household Level
District Key Informants
Traders/Markets
Community Leaders
Household Focus Groups

 

 
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