REVISION OF THE LIVELIHOODS ZONE MAP AND DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA A REPORT OF THE FAMINE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS NETWROK (FEWS NET) November 2016 This report is based on the original livelihoods zoning report of 2013 and was produced by Julius Holt, Food Economy Group, consultant to FEWS NET GUINEA Livelihood Zone Map and Descriptions November 2016 2013 Table of Contents Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Methodology ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Changes to the Livelihood Zones Map ...................................................................................................................... 5 The National Context ................................................................................................................................................. 6 Livelihood Zone Descriptions .................................................................................................................................. 10 ZONE GN01 LITTORAL: RICE, FISHING, PALM OIL .................................................................................................................................................. 10 Zone 1: Seasonal Calendar ................................................................................................................................... 11 Zone 1: Food and Income Access Calendar for Poor Households ........................................................................ 12 ZONE GN02 PIEDMONT: RICE, GROUNDNUTS, HORTICULTURE .................................................................................................................. 13 Zone 2: Seasonal Calendar ................................................................................................................................... 14 Zone 2: Food and Income Access Calendar for Poor Households ........................................................................ 15 ZONE GN03 CENTRAL PLATEAU: HORTICULTURE, FONIO, LIVESTOCK ....................................................................................................... 16 Zone 3: Seasonal Calendar ................................................................................................................................... 17 Zone 3: Food and Income Access Calendar for Poor Households ........................................................................ 18 ZONE GN04 MOUNTAIN: LIVESTOCK, FONIO, GROUNDNUTS ....................................................................................................................... 19 Zone 4: Seasonal Calendar ................................................................................................................................... 20 Zone 4: Food and Income Access Calendar for Poor Households ........................................................................ 21 ZONE GN05 MOUNTAIN: RICE, LIVESTOCK, FONIO ............................................................................................................................................. 22 ZONE GN06 NORTHERN PLATEAU: RICE, GROUNDNUTS, LIVESTOCK ....................................................................................................... 23 Zone 6: Seasonal Calendar ................................................................................................................................... 24 Zone 6: Food and Income Access Calendar for Poor Households ........................................................................ 24 ZONE GN07 SAVANNAH WITH SHRUBS: RICE, GOLD MINING, LIVESTOCK ............................................................................................. 25 Zone 7: Seasonal Calendar ................................................................................................................................... 27 Zone 7: Food and Income Access Calendar for Poor Households ........................................................................ 28 ZONE GN08 NORTH-EAST: MAIZE, GOLD MINING, LIVESTOCK ..................................................................................................................... 29 Zone 8: Seasonal Calendar ................................................................................................................................... 30 Zone 8: Food and Income Access Calendar for Poor Households ........................................................................ 30 ZONE GN09 WOODED SAVANNAH: RICE, CASSAVA, GROUNDNUTS .......................................................................................................... 31 Zone 9: Seasonal Calendar ................................................................................................................................... 32 Zone 9: Food and Income Access Calendar for Poor Households ........................................................................ 33 ZONE GN10 PRE-FOREST ZONE: RICE, CASSAVA, LIVESTOCK .......................................................................................................................... 34 Zone 10: Seasonal Calendar ................................................................................................................................. 35 Zone 10: Food and Income Access Calendar for Poor Households ...................................................................... 35 ZONE GN11 FOREST: RICE, PALM OIL, COFFEE ....................................................................................................................................................... 36 Zone 11: Seasonal Calendar ................................................................................................................................. 37 Zone 11: Food and Income Access Calendar for Poor Households ...................................................................... 38 Annex 1 LIST OF SUB-PREFECTURES BY LIVELIHOOD ZONE ................................................................... 39 Annex 2 LIST OF WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS.............................................................................................. 48 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 48 GUINEA Livelihood Zone Map and Descriptions November 2016 2013 Acknowledgements This exercise was undertaken by FEWS NET in collaboration with the Permanent Inter-State Committee for the Fight Against Drought in the Sahel (CILSS), and partners: The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Government of the Republic of Guinea, the Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée (which was represented in the original 2013 workshop), the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the UN World Food Programme (WFP), and non-governmental agencies. The livelihood zones descriptions have been produced as a knowledge base for the surveillance activities of FEWS NET in the country. The workshop was facilitated by Julius Holt, consultant to FEWS NET, Amadou Diop of the FEWS NET Regional Office in Dakar, and Lansana Bayo, National Technical Manager of FEWS NET Guinea. GUINEA Livelihood Zone Map and Descriptions November 2016 2013 Introduction This product aims to identify livelihood patterns and trends to provide a starting point for early-warning assessments. The Livelihoods Zoning activity in the Republic of Guinea is designed to establish food-security reference points and ultimately to indicate whether the conditions reported at any given time justify more in-depth assessment. It is not sufficient in itself for a full food-security analysis, but the results presented in this report provide a point of departure for estimating how households in the different parts of the country could be affected by various hazards. They supply a geographic context for interpreting existing monitoring data on production, prices, and other indicators in order to identify potential anomalies. Rapid assessment teams may wish to use the livelihood zones as a basis for geographical sampling in their surveys. Methodology The livelihood zoning undertaken in this exercise was based on the Household Economy Approach (http://www.foodeconomy.com/resource/practitioners-guide-to-hea/practitioners-guide-to-hea/), which includes a standard livelihoods zoning component (as described in the same reference). In this case, populations are classified by socioeconomic group (relatively poorer and relatively better off), and we provide summary information on the livelihoods, including food sources and income sources for both wealth groups in each zone, and seasonal and food access calendars.1 The original zoning workshop was held in Conakry on February 12-15, 2013. The revision workshop was held in Conakry on October 26-28, 2016. For both workshops, participants included government departments and agencies, sub regional and international institutions, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that work in the country (see Annex 2 for the list of participants at the 2016 workshop). Both workshops included representatives from each administrative region and officials