Emergency response
Considering the severity of food insecurity in areas classified as IPC Phase 3 (Crisis), urgent action is required for the poorest and most affected households to enable them to better meet their immediate food needs and prevent the implementation of additional harmful strategies. Also, for areas with prevalences of Global Acute Malnutrition reaching the WHO alert threshold (5-10%), specific actions for the prevention and management of Global Acute Malnutrition will also have to be put in place. This type of intervention should be prioritized for areas with a large number of people in the Emergency phase (IPC Phase 4).
Livelihood support
Considering that vulnerable households have been affected by recurrent shocks in recent years (drought, cyclones, rising prices), there is an erosion of the livelihoods of affected populations who need support to rebuild and develop their livelihoods and assets. This assistance should take the form of ad hoc support (inputs, credits, equipment, etc.) for the implementation of the winter (2019) and spring (2020) harvests. These actions will be prioritized in areas with the highest percentages of the population using Emergency adaptation strategies.
Integration of emergency and development
Considering that structural factors (agricultural development, access to basic services, governance,...) have a strong influence on household acute food insecurity, it is important to better integrate emergency and development interventions and rethink intervention strategies in order to have more sustainable and structural effects on household food and nutrition security.
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