Seasonal activity type
Seasonal activity types include events supporting Livelihood Strategies, such as planting, weeding, harvesting for Crop Production and heat, birth milk production and sales for Livestock. It also includes other important periodic events such as recurring periods of high market prices or poor access to food.
These have been standardized from descriptions in the BSS 'Seas Cal' worksheet in Column A into metadata that can be shared across all BSS.
Seasonal activity types contain the following fields:
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Code: This field should include a unique identifier for the seasonal activity type. Often this is the same as the name, but not capitalized.
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Name: The name of the seasonal activity type.
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Activity category: The category of the seasonal activity type, which includes crops, livestock, gardening, and fishing.
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Aliases: Any alternate names used for the seasonal activity type.
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Description: Any extra information or detail that is relevant to the seasonal activity type.
Seasonal activities
A seasonal activity is an activity type that occurs within a specific Livelihood Zone and season. They are implicit in the BSS 'Seas Cal' worksheet in Column A, if present.
Seasonal activities contain the following fields:
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Livelihood Zone Baseline: The Livelihood Zone Baseline connected to this seasonal activity.
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Seasonal Activity Type: The type of activity this is.
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Season: The season or seasons in which this activity occurs.
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Product: The CPC code and name of a product related to this seasonal activity.
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Additional identifier: Any additional text that helps identify the seasonal activity.
Activity occurrences
Activity occurrences are the specific times when a Seasonal Activity is undertaken in a Community or in the Livelihood Zone as a whole. These are stored in the BSS 'Seas Cal' worksheet, if present.
Seasonal activity occurrences include the following fields:
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Seasonal activity: The seasonal activity (not seasonal activity type) related to this occurrence. The menu options here will display seasonal activities as a combination of Livelihood Zone Baseline, seasonal activity type, and product.
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Livelihood Zone Baseline: The Livelihood Zone Baseline connected to this seasonal activity.
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Community or village: The community where this activity occurred.
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Start day: The numeric day of the year when the activity starts. The system will automatically convert the first day of the start month in the BSS to a day of the year.
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End day: The numeric day of the year when the activity ends. The system will automatically convert the last day of the end month in the BSS to a day of the year.
Note that if a Community is specified then the Seasonal Activity Occurrence contains the period that the Activity occurred, as reported by that Community. If the Community is null, then the Seasonal Activity Occurrence represents the consolidated and reconciled period for that Seasonal Activity that is representative for the Livelihood Zone Baseline.