5. additional food and money income. this is the potential income which a defined wealth group could obtain from the sale of livestock and other assets, addition of alternative employment, increased wild food consumption, transfer, etc. within limits set by the user. for example, household might survive by selling a large proportion of their livestock holdings but this might be considered to be an undesirable policy. estimates are derived from the reference values, expert local judgment and are often refined by additional field observations.
6. The current/ expected food price. the value used is usually the expected midyear price of the staple food consumed by the poor. the price of more complex diets may be used. food and other price projections are based on a historical understanding of the marker and current market intelligence.
Model output
the output of a simulation is an estimate of the food access of each wealth group relative to the reference values. estimates can also be obtain: (i) of the gross food deficit, with population data for the livelihood zone, (ii) as the money equivalent of a food deficit. with additional data on the month in which