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The net result of changes in household incomes and food access plus the effect of response by households, governments, or other actors in terms of food consumption, livelihoods maintenance, nutritional status, and mortality risk. Outcomes can be positive or negative. A description of food security outcomes should explain who is food insecure (e.g., what population or wealth group; the size of the food insecure population), and the expected duration and severity of food insecurity.

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Hazard

See Risk, Shock, and Vulnerability

A dangerous phenomenon, threat, human activity, or condition that can cause or precipitate disaster. Hazards pose a potential threat to life, health, property, or the environment and can be natural or induced by human processes. Most hazards are dormant, with only a potential risk of harm. Once a hazard becomes "active,” it is called a shock (or in some cases, a hazard event).

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Household (HH)

A group of people, each with different abilities and needs, who live together most of the time and contribute to a common economy, and share the food and other income from this.

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Household Economy

The sum of ways in which a household acquires its income, its savings and asset holdings, and by which it meets its food and non-food needs.

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Household Economy Analysis (HEA)

Analysis that defines a livelihood based on geography, systems of production, and wealth. It considers the interaction of all economic groups, specifically as to sources of food and cash, assets and opportunities, and options at times of crisis.

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