Publication resultats OA HEA OCTOBRE 2017 ENGLISH VERSION

The HEA analyses can assess the level of food security of the households through the survival threshold and the livelihood protection threshold. A survival deficit (DS) means that the households of a specific category will struggle to cover their minimum nutritional energy requirements and the expenses for meals preparation and consumption in the current year. A humanitarian intervention will then be needed to save lives. The livelihoods protection deficit (DPME) means that the households will have difficulties to sustain their livelihoods and their access to basic social services (eg health, education …).

The HEA analysis were conducted in September in the Guinea Gulf countries (Benin, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Togo) and in October – November in the Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Chad) and in Nigeria. It has reached 109 HEA Baselines including 4 in urban areas (2 in Borno, Niamey and Bamako).

Despite a relatively good agro-pastoral production in all the countries, the food situation of the poorest households is worrying, especially in the pastoral areas and areas with agricultural production deficits, rising prices and where the civil insecurity persists. In urban areas, the very poor households face a situation of food consumption deficit.