Assessing Farmers' Diverse Preferences and Expectations for Tailoring Food and Nutrition Security Interventions in Southeastern Madagascar.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Severe food and nutrition insecurity persists in Madagascar. The Atsimo Atsinanana region is among the most affected areas due to elevated poverty rates and low levels of resilience to frequent shocks. Implementing food and nutrition security (FNS) interventions could help to improve this situation, but to be effective and sustainable, intervention packages must fit the local context.

Objectives

To identify locally suitable options, this study assessed the perceptions of local communities in rural Atsimo Atsinanana toward a range of FNS intervention options.

Methods

We held 12 gender-disaggregated workshops with 80 prospective beneficiaries of an FNS project, from inland and coastal parts of the region. Preferences were elicited for 14 potential FNS interve

SUBMITTER: Tojo-Mandaharisoa S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9529223 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature