Mapping rural livelihood to manage food crisis : the unique experience of Burkina Faso

  • Date 31/08/2013

This report documents the lessons from Burkina Faso in the use in of the Household Economy Approach (HEA), a set of indicators developed by Save the Children to manage food crisis and target aid assistance.

Save the Children operates a regional HEA programme in 7 countries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal. Burkina Faso is the only country to have mapped rural livelihoods across its whole territory using the Household Economy Approach. This was done under the leadership of the government and with broad consensus and support of humanitarian actors, development agencies and donors.

This success story is documented to serve as an example of good practice and an advocacy tool for other countries involved in the project. The aim is to highlight key lessons that could be adopted elsewhere in the Sahel region. It is not an evaluation of the approach and as such does not critically examine the tool or go into detail regarding its use.

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