Famine Early Warning Systems Network

Résumé

The livelihood profiles presented herein for Sudan explore key characteristics of the socioeconomic status and livelihood strategies of three wealth groups (the poor, middle, and better-off) for each livelihood zone within Al Jazirah, Al Qadarif, Kassala, Sinnar, Blue Nile, White Nile, Red Sea, Northern, and River Nile states. The profiles provide detailed, quantitative information about livelihood strategies, including food and income sources and expenditures, for each of the three wealth groups, with particular attention to the poor. In addition, the livelihood zones most at risk of food insecurity are identified in the “Overview of Rural Livelihoods in Eastern, Central, and Northern Sudan.” Livelihood profiles facilitate analysis and monitoring of livelihood and food security. They provide a geographic context for establishing monitoring systems (a sampling frame) and for interpreting the relative importance of existing monitoring data on production, prices, and other indicators. They are points of reference against which conditions observed during monitoring may be compared. They also describe how livelihood and food security may be affected by production and other shocks.  These livelihood profiles complement FEWS NET's 2013 Livelihood Profiles for North Kordofan, Sudan, available here.