Income-Generating Activities - Action Against Hunger
Income-Generating Activities - Action Against Hunger
Income-Generating Activities - Action Against Hunger
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Field handbook • Scientific and Technical Department<br />
Main problems encountered by the families during the implementation of their<br />
activity.<br />
19% of those interviewed faced problems during the implementation of their activity<br />
while 81% faced no problem at all. The same problems are recurrent but are<br />
more numerous in the Moslem community (6 problems faced instead of 5 in the Christian<br />
community).<br />
The main problems were: High prices of raw materials (food, petrol…) (26%), lack<br />
of items to launch the activity properly (17%), difficulty to sell due to competition on<br />
the market (14%). Bad accessibility and problem of skills have been reported but are<br />
very isolated cases.<br />
<strong>Income</strong> generated<br />
All the activities monitored are generating incomes but differences between communities<br />
can be observed and not all the families or groups interviewed had generated<br />
incomes at the time of the interviews. 75% of those interviewed generated an income,<br />
at least once, since the distribution, while 25% were not able to have incomes yet.<br />
Monthly income generated per activity (in Rupiahs) -Individual activities-<br />
Activity<br />
Christian<br />
Average<br />
Moslem<br />
Average<br />
1 BAKSO SELLER 60,000<br />
2 CAKE MAKER 455,000 153,333<br />
3 CARPENTER 183,333<br />
4 ELECTRONIC SERVICE 30,000<br />
5 ES CENDOL 150,000<br />
6 FARMING 66,500 216,667<br />
7 FISHING (INDIVIDU) 15,000 128,333<br />
8 FRIED CAKE 175,000<br />
9 OIL PROCESSING 80,000<br />
10 SELLING FOOD 145,000<br />
11 TAILOR 175,000<br />
Average 154,139 138,542<br />
The average monthly income, all activities considered, is different between Christians<br />
(142,758 Rupiahs) and Moslems (128,030 Rupiahs).<br />
INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES: A KEY CONCEPT IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SECURTIY<br />
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