| Description: | In 1992, in collaboration with the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System, Save the Children (UK) developed a methodology for famine prediction, assessment and monitoring, called the Household Economy Approach (HEA). The methodology aims to provide an understanding of household economy and its relationship to markets and employment opportunities in a baseline or reference year. This information is used to estimate the effect of a 'shock' on household income and food supply and the likely ability of the household to compensate for this by implementing the various coping strategies available to it. These may include consuming wild foods, the sale of livestock and other assets, or migrating to find work. |
