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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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