Food Security & Livelihoods

Commissioned by the Sahel Working Group—a network of high-profile international agencies including Oxfam, the British Red Cross, CARE International, Save the Children, and Action Against Hunger | ACF International—this report examines how vulnerability is understood and addressed in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso.

This Action Against Hunger | ACF International booklet is a comprehensive resources for those implementing food security programs. The guide provides methodological, technical, and practical tools for a broad range of agricultural activities, from community gardens to livestock and crop production.

From understanding the concept of food security and analyzing it, to providing impoverished communities with the means to achieve long-term security, this booklet covers many facets of the food security activities Action Against Hunger | ACF International implements around the world.

The aim of this report is to support the implementation of cash projects in emergencies. The report aims to share a range of previous and ongoing experience in the delivery of cash, in order to assist relief workers to efficiently and effectively undertake cash-based responses. Action Against Hunger is a member of the Cash Learning Partnership Steering Committee.

This policy paper provides an overview of Action Against Hunger | ACF International's food security & livelihoods interventions, offers a conceptual framework governing these programs, and highlights the key principles to be followed in undertaking this humanitarian work. 

This joint publication analyzes the reactions of pastoralists and agro-pastorialists in Ethiopia and Mali to climate change shocks and stressers. Examining the implications of local perceptions to climate change, this technical report offers policy recommendations that promote food security and climate-resilient livelihoods.

This handbook serves as a practical tool of reference for the implementation of income-generating activities. Based on decades of experience in the field, this ACF publication provides strategies for putting in place effective livelihoods programs for at-risk populations.

This publication guides field workers on how to implement specific aspects of different food security and livelihood programs. Based on Action Against Hunger’s experiences and investigations over the past 10 years in the field, this manual highlights technical tools and intervention principles that can be implemented in various projects.

This methodological guide is designed for use by field practitioners, and was conceived in response to several problems: proliferation of food crises in urban environments; difficulty targeting the most vulnerable population among all those affected by urban poverty; breakdown of social structures; and official betrayal or non recognition of disaffected neighborhoods.

This manual aims to provide practical guidance to field workers in order to maximise the nutritional impact of food security & livelihoods (FSL) interventions. This requires the systematic use of a "nutrition lens" at each step of the project cycle and a close collaboration between sectors.