Publication: Madagascar : Increasing Food Security and Nutrition
Date
1995-08
ISSN
Published
1995-08
Author(s)
Murray, Eileen
Abstract
This article previews the Food Security
and Nutrition Project, which is primarily active in two of
Madagascar's six provinces. The project has three
components: (a) income generating activities to be carried
out through: (i) the Fonds d'Intervention pour le
Developpement (FID) financing labor intensive works and
other income generation activities, and (ii) a food for work
program targeted to the urban poor in Greater Antananarivo;
(b) nutrition interventions including: (i) a community
nutrition program in the provinces of Toliary and
Antananarivo working through mothers' groups organized
by a community nutrition agent supported by nongovernmental
organizations to provide nutrition education, arrange
supplemental feeding and refer severe cases of malnutrition
to nutrition rehabilitation centers operating under medical
supervision, and (ii) a national iodine deficiency disorders
control program; and (c) institutional strengthening to
support the development and execution of an information,
education and communication program and support the
development of a national food security strategy for the
long term.
Citation
“Murray, Eileen. 1995. Madagascar : Increasing Food Security and Nutrition. Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 45. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/481db04a-f190-5010-af84-c47db5c645d6 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”