Usual time of year when ability to access sufficient food is most difficult, e.g., for farmers before the harvest (during the rains) when the harvest from the previous year has been exhausted and prices of food are at their highest. For pastoralist, before the main rains when access to pasture and water and hence health of livestock are most critical.

Referencia:[Guidelines for cash transfer programming, IFRC/ICRC, 2007]