In 2008, the Namibia Vulnerability Assessment Committee (Nam-VAC) began a livelihood based vulnerability assessment and analysis by initially conducting a national livelihoods zoning exercise. This process was followed by livelihood baseline assessments and analysis in eight rural livelihood zones covered using the Livelihood Based Vulnerability Assessment and Analysis (LBVAA) methodology. The Nam-VAC selected 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09 and 2009/10 as the baseline/reference years for the zones.
The LZs are:
- Northern Border Upland Cereal and Livestock Zone (NBUCL)
- North Central-Upland Cereal and Non Farm Income Zone (NCU&NFI)
- Caprivi Low Land Maize and Cattle Zone (CLMC)
- Kunene Communal Cattle and Small Stock Zone
- Erongo-Kunene Small Stock and Natural Resources Zone (EKSNR)
- Southern Communal Small Stock Zone (SCSS)
- Southern Freehold Small Stock Zone (SFSS)
- Omaheke and Otjozondjupa Cattle Ranching Zone (OOCR)