The Awassa Chat and Enset Livelihood Zone is a cash crop area where household cash incomes are high and food production is relatively low. It is a food secure area of SNNPR that attracts migrant labor from other parts of the region. This is a densely populated, midland (woina dega) livelihood zone, located in the eastern half of Awassa woreda of Sidama Administrative Zone.
The information presented refers to July 2003-June 2004, a relatively average year by local standards (i.e. a year of average production and rural 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).