Types of livelihood

Showing the general predominant types of livelihood across the region (range land, cropping, river/lake or sea fishing or where cash based economy dominates).

Strategic or operational?

Strategic

Basemap, baseline or situational?

Baseline

When might it be produced?

As early as possible in a response.

Intended audience

World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) may use these for contextualising the crisis.

Influence on humanitarian decisions

Supports a contextual understanding of the area of interest. Useful for understanding broad-scale risks to the population.

Methods

Use a simple basemap to show typical livelihood zones (e.g. http://fews.net/east-africa/kenya/livelihood-zone-map/march-2011) with key geographical features (rivers, lakes, terrain etc).

Data

• Agricultural land

• Waterbodies