Making progress towards food security

Evidence from an intervention in three rural districts of Rwanda

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ID15093999
AutoresVincent Nsabuwera (autor de correspondencia), Bethany Hedt-Gauthier (0000-0002-9689-5413, Harvard University), Mohammed Khogali (0000-0001-8056-9114, Médecins Sans Frontières), Mary Edginton, M E Edginton (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease), Sven Gudmund Hinderaker (0000-0003-2725-0248, University of Bergen), Marie Paul Nisingizwe (0000-0003-2702-5841), Jean de Dieu Tihabyona (Ministry of Infrastructure), Benoit Sikubwabo (Ministry of Infrastructure), Samuel Sembagare (Ministry of Infrastructure), Antoinette Habinshuti, Peter Drobac (0000-0001-5190-6767, Harvard University)
Año2016
Volumen19
Número7
Páginas1296-1304
Fecha de publicación2016-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPublic Health Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1368980015002207
PMID26246309
OpenAlexW2267335701
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas8

Objective Determining interventions to address food insecurity and poverty, as well as setting targets to be achieved in a specific time period have been a persistent challenge for development practitioners and decision makers. The present study aimed to assess the changes in food access and consumption at the household level after one-year implementation of an integrated food security intervention in three rural districts of Rwanda. Design A before-and-after intervention study comparing Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) scores and household Food Consumption Scores (FCS) at baseline and after one year of programme implementation. Setting Three rural districts of Rwanda (Kayonza, Kirehe and Burera) where the Partners In Health Food Security and Livelihoods Program (FSLP) has been implemented since July 2013. Subjects All 600 households enrolled in the FSLP were included in the study. Results There were significant improvements ( P P =0·019) for the poorest households. Conclusions Our study demonstrated that an integrated programme, implemented in a setting of extreme poverty, was associated with considerable improvements towards household food security. Other government and non-government organizations’ projects should consider a similar holistic approach when designing structural interventions to address food insecurity and extreme poverty

Agriculture · Baseline (sea · Business · Consumption (sociology · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Food insecurity · Food security · Geography · Government (linguistics · Interquartile range · Intervention (counseling · Livelihood · Political science · Poverty · Psychological intervention · Scale (ratio · Socioeconomics · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare