The Alaba-Mareko Lowland Pepper Livelihood Zone is a relatively food secure area of SNNPR that attracts migrant labourers from nearby livelihood zones. This livelihood zone covers a number of woredas in Hadiya, Siltie and Gurage Administrative Zones and Alaba special woreda.
The information presented refers to the consumption year from August 2003 to July 2004, which was a relatively average year by local standards (i.e. a year that was neither especially good nor especially bad in terms of food security, when judged in the context of recent years). Provided there are no fundamental and rapid shifts in the economy, the information in this profile is expected to remain valid for approximately five years (i.e. until 2010).