• Impact

• Increase and diversification of incomes

This indicator assumes that the more economic secure household will have a greater annual cash income stream. The total amount of income, in monetary terms, of all members of a given household for a year. To see whether a household is better off before or after an intervention, as measured in terms of their income. Increased and/or stabilized income and productivity indicate improved access and availability to food, proxy for improved livelihood security and reduced vulnerability. - Includes any type of agro based, non-agro based, or service based income generating activity, can include market chain support, value addition or transformation etc. - Includes group and individual income generating activities for contribution to household economy. - Includes staple crop, vegetable and agroforestry production. Household revenue can show whether the household is above a poverty line and whether overall revenue is improving with crop income. But household income can be difficult to estimate in a quick survey. One approach is the Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI).

Geography/Livelihoods zone; Head of household’s gender, age, disabilities, chronic diseases, dependency ratio, and any other relevant criteria, such as urban/rural context, religious, ethnic or political identities; Wealth groups; Livelihoods group (e.g. pastoralist, farmers, traders); Period to achieve the objective;

• Increase (number)

Both secondary and primary data collection can be used according to context. Baseline/Endline. If multiyear programme consider also a mid-term evaluation Secondary data. Reliable/relevant sources from other actors, clusters or government. Data Collection methods: Secondary data analysis; Households Survey, Focus Group Discussion; Market assessment

• Economic Security
• Income Generation Activities and Employment
• Primary production

This indicator is measured as part of a household survey, and the data should include the estimated cash income earned by every member of the household. When one member has engaged in several wage-earning episodes, the annual value of each should be computed. Only the value of agricultural and livestock sales, not consumed products, should enter into the calculation. Questionnaire tables organized by income-earning episode throughout the year have proven to be an effective measurement strategy > Data: Income from sale of produce, wages earned (including from casual labour), access to public goods, monetized value of user rights. Data should be collected for the following income sources: Crop sales (harvest may be 2x per year); Sales of livestock products; Sales of livestock; Employment; Remittances; Self-employment; Petty trade; Safety nets/ social protection; Gifts received; Dowry received > Change in households income pattern and sources relative to baseline > Change in households expenditure pattern and priorities relative to baseline > Change in household income generating activity/ produce/service monetary value relative to baseline - Needs to consider linkages with income and expenditure pattern and market price core indicators - Proportional piling and ranking can support definition of change of income sources and expenditure, as well as priority investments Respondents can be very reluctant to reflect accurately their incomes for fear of this leading to increased taxation or alternative demands on the use of their cash (such as school or health fees). As it is the income of all household members it is going to be difficult to record, as no individual member of the HH will have a complete accurate record of everybody's income. If looking at a non-permanently salaried group it has to be recorded on an annual basis to take account of seasonal fluctuations in income (after harvest in agricultural households, times of peak labour demand for labour households)