Table 4 Strategies employed by households in response to food insufficiency
Type of strategy | Examples |
|---|---|
Consumption strategies | |
 Change diet | Consume cheaper / less-preferred foods, such as noodles and egg instead of preferred rice and fish |
 Increase short-term food supply | Borrow (or in kind) food from friends, neighbors or relatives |
Purchase food on credit from boss or kiosk owner | |
Glean for marine resources | |
Harvest locally-growing kelor (Moringa oleifera) | |
 Reduce number of people to be fed | Send children to relatives’ homes for main meals |
 Ration food supplies | Reduce portion size for all family members |
Reduce maternal portion size (eat only after other family members) | |
Skip one or more meals in a day | |
Non-consumption strategies | |
 Alteration of income-earning patterns | Fisher abandons income-earning fishing activity to ensure he harvests fish for household consumption |
Female household member borrows money to establish a home-based food or trading business | |
 Sale of small assets | Sell small livestock (i.e. goats) |
Sell or pawn gold jewelry | |
 Savings | Use cash savings accrued during dry season |