Guinea Livelihood Zones
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IPC 2.0 Acute Food Insecurity Phase
IPC 2.0 Acute Food Insecurity Phase
current or programmed humanitarian assistance
IPC 2.0 Acute Food Insecurity Phase
countries:
current or programmed humanitarian assistance
The Livelihood Zone Map for Guinea is the result of a workshop in October 2016, it updates the livelihood zone map produced in June 2013.
A livelihood zone is an area within which people share broadly the same pattern of livelihood, including options for obtaining food and income and market opportunities. A livelihood zoning is essential for the following reasons:
- It provides geographic orientation of livelihood systems to inform food security analysis and assistance targeting
- It provides the basis for identifying geographically relevant food security monitoring indicators
- It provides a sampling frame for future on-the-ground assessments
Livelihood patterns clearly vary from one geographic area to another, which is why the preparation of a Livelihood Zone Map is a logical first step for livelihoods-based analysis.
The following eleven (11) livelihood zones are established for Guinea:
- GN01 - Coastal: Rice, Fishing, Palm oil
- GN02 - Piedmont: Rice, Groundnut, Horticulture
- GN03 - Central plateau: Horticulture, Fonio, Livestock
- GN04 - Mountain: Livestock, Fonio, Groundnut
- GN05 - Mountain : Rice, Livestock, Fonio
- GN06 - Northern plateau: Rice, Groundnut, Livestock
- GN07 - Savannah with shrubs: Rice, Gold mining, Livestock
- GN08 - Northeast: Maize, Gold mining, Livestock
- GN09 - Wooded savannah: Rice, Manioc, Groundnut
- GN10 - Pre-forest zone: Rice, Manioc, Livestock
- GN11 - Forest: Rice, Palm oil, Coffee
About Livelihood Zone Map
Livelihood Zone Map illustrates the country by zone, showing areas where people generally have the same options for obtaining food and income and engaging in trade.
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