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Madagascar | Food Insecurity - Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) - DG ECHO Daily Map | 10/09/2018
Latest IPC and nutrition assessment indicate a deteriorated situation in the Grand Sud of the country with widespread food insecurity, reduced access to potable water and worrisome malnutrition rates. According to the June 2018 IPC analysis, in the 9 districts of the Grand Sud out of a total population of 2 million, the number of food insecure people is 954,372 (47% of the population) of which 289,906 in IPC 4. The situation in the four Districts of the Grand Sud Est is also worrisome. Out of a total population of 1.35 million, 307,000 people (23%) are projected to be food insecure (of which 196,418 in IPC 3 and 110,000 in IPC 4) in the period of July–September 2018. The District of Beloha is in IPC 4. The peak of the lean season is yet to come (November – March) and the overall situation in terms of food security, water availability and under-nutrition is expected to further worsen.
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Mikama - Sep 5, 2018
Dans Relief Web
The island was affected by two cyclones this season - Ava and Eliakim - which collectively affected 212,200 people, of which 74,200 were displaced. Madagascar recorded widespread FAW outbreaks and a drought that affected two-thirds of the country (south-central). From March to June 2018 in southern and south-eastern Madagascar, a total of 709,000 people (21% of the population) were classified as in IPC Phase 3 and 350,000 in IPC Phase 4 (10% of the population). From July to September 2018, this figure is projected to increase to 1,261,300, of which 861,000 people will be in IPC Phase 3 and 400,000 in IPC Phase 4, representing 37 percent of population in 4 regions ( Androy, Anosy, Atsimo Andrefana, Atsimo Atsinanana and Vatovavy-Fitovinany)
Dans Web Wire
For Nanie Ratsifandrihamanana, “the focus is not just on planting trees for ecological priorities, but for a toolbox of agricultural, forestry and social activities, benefiting for nature and communities at the same time. (...) It was a demanding learning process for all of us. ” To these thirteen years of restoration, from challenges and experiences gained in the Fandriana Vondrozo Corridor, WWF has published a report highlighting the restoration of more than 6,700 ha of forest area, reducing deforestation from 2.58 to 1% and a 30% increase in community incomes through sustainable production systems. Available for download here, this document shares detailed lessons learned on forest restoration from the Malagasy example. The main guarantee of success is that forest restoration should include, as a matter of priority, the appropriation of communities living close to forests. Also, it is a continuous process in the medium and long term that can only be measured in decades.
The island was affected by two cyclones this season - Ava and Eliakim - which collectively affected 212,200 people, of which 74,200 were displaced. Madagascar recorded widespread FAW outbreaks and a drought that affected two-thirds of the country (south-central). From March to June 2018 in southern and south-eastern Madagascar, a total of 709,000 people (21% of the population) were classified as in IPC Phase 3 and 350,000 in IPC Phase 4 (10% of the population). From July to September 2018, this figure is projected to increase to 1,261,300, of which 861,000 people will be in IPC Phase 3 and 400,000 in IPC Phase 4, representing 37 percent of population in 4 regions ( Androy, Anosy, Atsimo Andrefana, Atsimo Atsinanana and Vatovavy-Fitovinany)
Dans Web Wire
For Nanie Ratsifandrihamanana, “the focus is not just on planting trees for ecological priorities, but for a toolbox of agricultural, forestry and social activities, benefiting for nature and communities at the same time. (...) It was a demanding learning process for all of us. ” To these thirteen years of restoration, from challenges and experiences gained in the Fandriana Vondrozo Corridor, WWF has published a report highlighting the restoration of more than 6,700 ha of forest area, reducing deforestation from 2.58 to 1% and a 30% increase in community incomes through sustainable production systems. Available for download here, this document shares detailed lessons learned on forest restoration from the Malagasy example. The main guarantee of success is that forest restoration should include, as a matter of priority, the appropriation of communities living close to forests. Also, it is a continuous process in the medium and long term that can only be measured in decades.
Mikama - Aug 27, 2018
Dans the World bank
Economic Outlook for Madagascar: Sustained Growth Needs to be More Inclusive to Benefit the Poorest
Increasing from 2.3% in 2013 to an estimated 4.2% in 2017, GDP growth has steadily improved and is projected to reach 5% in 2018. Since 2015, the most important driver of growth has been the services sector, which is characterized by a small but dynamic private sector. Year-on-year growth of the services sector was estimated at 5.2% in 2017, and is projected at 5.4% in 2018. One component of the services sector that is performing particularly well is trade, which increased by 4.1% in 2017 and is projected to grow by 4.5% in 2018. Approximately 80% of the population is engaged in agricultural activities. Between 2014 and 2017, the agricultural sector contracted by an average of 0.8%, suggesting that the positive benefits of recent economic growth is not being felt by the rural population ... Monetary policy should continue working to control inflation which is estimated at 6.4% in 2019 and is projected to average around 5.4 to 6.0% over the 2020 to 2022 period... Around 40% of the Malagasy population currently have access to a mobile phone
Dans Relief Web
The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) estimates that the number of food insecure persons in 9 districts of the Grand Sud is over 954,000 of which approximately 290 000 in phase 4 corresponding to "humanitarian emergency". The figure of 954 000 people has to be put in perspective with the 2 million people living in these 9 districts. The whole area is in IPC phase 3 (acute food and livelihood crisis); the District of Beloha is in IPC4.
Economic Outlook for Madagascar: Sustained Growth Needs to be More Inclusive to Benefit the Poorest
Increasing from 2.3% in 2013 to an estimated 4.2% in 2017, GDP growth has steadily improved and is projected to reach 5% in 2018. Since 2015, the most important driver of growth has been the services sector, which is characterized by a small but dynamic private sector. Year-on-year growth of the services sector was estimated at 5.2% in 2017, and is projected at 5.4% in 2018. One component of the services sector that is performing particularly well is trade, which increased by 4.1% in 2017 and is projected to grow by 4.5% in 2018. Approximately 80% of the population is engaged in agricultural activities. Between 2014 and 2017, the agricultural sector contracted by an average of 0.8%, suggesting that the positive benefits of recent economic growth is not being felt by the rural population ... Monetary policy should continue working to control inflation which is estimated at 6.4% in 2019 and is projected to average around 5.4 to 6.0% over the 2020 to 2022 period... Around 40% of the Malagasy population currently have access to a mobile phone
Dans Relief Web
The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) estimates that the number of food insecure persons in 9 districts of the Grand Sud is over 954,000 of which approximately 290 000 in phase 4 corresponding to "humanitarian emergency". The figure of 954 000 people has to be put in perspective with the 2 million people living in these 9 districts. The whole area is in IPC phase 3 (acute food and livelihood crisis); the District of Beloha is in IPC4.
Mikama - Jul 27, 2018
Madagascar PREPAREDNESS WORKING GROUP
The Logistics Cluster provides coordination and Information Management to support operational decision-making and improve the predictability, timeliness and efficiency of the humanitarian emergency response. Where necessary, the Logistics Cluster also facilitates access to common logistics services. Due to its expertise in the field of humanitarian logistics, the World Food Programme was chosen by the IASC as the lead agency for the Logistics Cluster . WFP hosts the Global Logistics Cluster support team in its headquarters in Rome. WFP also acts as a ‘provider of last resort’ offering common logistics services, when critical gaps hamper the humanitarian response.
Dans Relief Web
The Nutrition Surveillance System, implemented in 120 of 224 communes in Southern Madagascar, showed that 37 per cent have a global acute malnutrition prevalence (GAM) greater than 10 per cent; though the situation is similar to last year, UNICEF continues both its interventions and monitoring of the nutrition situation in the region. Of the four districts in the South-Eastern part of the country, the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) for Acute Food Insecurity completed in May 2018 has found two districts in Phase 3/Crisis, and the other two districts in Phase 2/Alert. On the nutritional side, a SMART survey in April 2018 in these same four districts showed no emergency (GAM> 15%), though one district showed an alarming situation (GAM> = 10%).
Dans WFMJ
Rakotondraibe is from Madagascar and brought the compounds from the Cinnamosma fragrans tree, commonly called mandravasarotra, with him to Columbus. The bark is used in traditional medicines on the island. "It's very exciting to me first, because it's a plant from Madagascar and it's endemic. So endemic means only Madagascar you can find it. The chemical components are very unique. It's also natural and most of the insecticides that have been used are not natural. So this will help the community a lot. I think this is very very exciting," Rakotondraibe said. The bark from the small tree worked equally well on mosquitoes resistant to common insecticides. "These fragrant molecules are contributing to, I think, some of these activities which is kind of interesting and it smells really pleasant. It's almost like when you open up a spice rack and you kind of have that peppery aroma that's what the bark smells like," Piermarini said. The active ingredient, cinnamodial, activates the same receptors in mosquitoes that help us pick up pain from hot surfaces and spicy foods.
The Logistics Cluster provides coordination and Information Management to support operational decision-making and improve the predictability, timeliness and efficiency of the humanitarian emergency response. Where necessary, the Logistics Cluster also facilitates access to common logistics services. Due to its expertise in the field of humanitarian logistics, the World Food Programme was chosen by the IASC as the lead agency for the Logistics Cluster . WFP hosts the Global Logistics Cluster support team in its headquarters in Rome. WFP also acts as a ‘provider of last resort’ offering common logistics services, when critical gaps hamper the humanitarian response.
Dans Relief Web
The Nutrition Surveillance System, implemented in 120 of 224 communes in Southern Madagascar, showed that 37 per cent have a global acute malnutrition prevalence (GAM) greater than 10 per cent; though the situation is similar to last year, UNICEF continues both its interventions and monitoring of the nutrition situation in the region. Of the four districts in the South-Eastern part of the country, the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) for Acute Food Insecurity completed in May 2018 has found two districts in Phase 3/Crisis, and the other two districts in Phase 2/Alert. On the nutritional side, a SMART survey in April 2018 in these same four districts showed no emergency (GAM> 15%), though one district showed an alarming situation (GAM> = 10%).
Dans WFMJ
Rakotondraibe is from Madagascar and brought the compounds from the Cinnamosma fragrans tree, commonly called mandravasarotra, with him to Columbus. The bark is used in traditional medicines on the island. "It's very exciting to me first, because it's a plant from Madagascar and it's endemic. So endemic means only Madagascar you can find it. The chemical components are very unique. It's also natural and most of the insecticides that have been used are not natural. So this will help the community a lot. I think this is very very exciting," Rakotondraibe said. The bark from the small tree worked equally well on mosquitoes resistant to common insecticides. "These fragrant molecules are contributing to, I think, some of these activities which is kind of interesting and it smells really pleasant. It's almost like when you open up a spice rack and you kind of have that peppery aroma that's what the bark smells like," Piermarini said. The active ingredient, cinnamodial, activates the same receptors in mosquitoes that help us pick up pain from hot surfaces and spicy foods.
Mikama - May 2, 2018
Holy Danielle dans NewsMada
«Le volume commercial entre Indonésie et Madagascar, a atteint 100 millions de dollars en 2016 et 177 millions de dollars l’année dernière», a annoncé Heru Wicaksono, ministre chargé d’Affaires en pied de la République d’Indonésie
Dans La Gazette de la Grande Ile
Le Rapport national sur le développement humain 2018 dont le thème est « Développement humain et mobilisation des ressources intérieures », en 2015, le niveau de l’IDH de Madagascar a été de 0,512 contre 0,523 pour l’Afrique sub-saharien, et 0,717 pour le Monde (PNUD 2016). Le niveau de développement humain à Madagascar demeure donc encore faible, selon le classement mondial. En effet, Madagascar est classé parmi les pays à développement humain faible, et se trouve au 158ème rang sur 188 pays. Il est à signaler que selon le Rapport Mondial sur le Développement Humain (2016), portant sur des données de 2015, c’est la Norvège qui se trouve au premier rang, avec un IDH de 0,949 en 2015...face à l’écart de revenu entre le pays et l’Afrique sub-saharienne avec un revenu par tête exprimé en parité de pouvoir d’achat de 1 320 USD à Madagascar en 2015 contre une moyenne de 3 383 USD pour l’Afrique sub-saharienne.
Dans Relief Web
The lean season in the South which normally ranges from 3 to 6 months, between September and March, recently ended. Poor household struggled to meet their food needs in April and adopted coping strategies such as reducing their non-food expenditure, withdrawing children from school, eating immature crops, and selling livestock.... The Southeast (MG19) is still experiencing Crisis (IPC Phase 3), except in Manakara, due to the depletion of household staple stocks, and increased dependence on markets. The Mahafaly Plain (MG 23) is also experiencing Crisis (IPC Phase 3) due to the below normal harvests, which also reduced cash income. The situation in Androy Semi-Arid zone (MG 24) has improved with new harvests, except in Beloha which remains in Crisis (IPC Phase 3), and in Tsihombe where humanitarian assistance contributed to improved household food access resulting in Stressed (IPC Phase 2!). The Southwest (MG 20) is in Stressed (IPC Phase 2) due to below average production and limited sources of income.
Dans La Gazette de la Grande Ile
Dans Relief Web
The lean season in the South which normally ranges from 3 to 6 months, between September and March, recently ended. Poor household struggled to meet their food needs in April and adopted coping strategies such as reducing their non-food expenditure, withdrawing children from school, eating immature crops, and selling livestock.... The Southeast (MG19) is still experiencing Crisis (IPC Phase 3), except in Manakara, due to the depletion of household staple stocks, and increased dependence on markets. The Mahafaly Plain (MG 23) is also experiencing Crisis (IPC Phase 3) due to the below normal harvests, which also reduced cash income. The situation in Androy Semi-Arid zone (MG 24) has improved with new harvests, except in Beloha which remains in Crisis (IPC Phase 3), and in Tsihombe where humanitarian assistance contributed to improved household food access resulting in Stressed (IPC Phase 2!). The Southwest (MG 20) is in Stressed (IPC Phase 2) due to below average production and limited sources of income.
Mikama - Apr 16, 2018
Dans Relief Web
Madagascar routinely faces a number of humanitarian challenges, including recurring natural disasters, disease outbreaks, banditry, pest infestations and acute food insecurity. According to the UN, 90 percent of people in Madagascar live below the international poverty line and more than 50 percent of children under the age of 5 are chronically malnourished. According to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), poor farmers in areas of Atsimo Andrefana and Androy in the south will likely face Crisis (IPC 3)* levels of acute food insecurity through May as poor rainfall and crop pest infestations have reduced agricultural production. Households in Anosy will remain in Stressed (IPC 2) levels through the same time period. (..) With support from USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (FFP), Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is addressing the urgent needs of approximately 60,000 people in Androy and Anosy ... Through the UN World Food Program (WFP), FFP is targeting over 150,000 people with emergency food assistance throughout southern Madagascar ... Additionally, FFP is partnering with CRS and the Adventist Development and Relief Agency to implement multi-year development programs ...
Dans Ecofin Agency
The African Development Bank (AfDB) granted Malagasy government $7.23 million, broken into a $6.23 million donation and a $1 million loan, to support agricultural entrepreneurship. This financing will be used to fund and organize a training program to help 410 young people (50% of women) become entrepreneurs in the agriculture and agro-industry.
Dans Vanguard
Ylias Akbaraly is the wealthiest man in Madagascar. He is the current successor and leader of the Sipromad empire founded by his great grandfather in 1918. From a small family trading business, Sipromad Group is one of the leading multi-million dollar conglomerates in Africa and the Indian Ocean with interests spanning business aviation, agri-business, tourism, manufacturing, energy, technology, real-estate, pharmaceutical and banking. (..) Under his leadership, the group grew from 20 to over 3,000 employees, with representative offices in Mauritius, Morocco, Seychelles, Mali and Paris. With an imposing 33 –storey headquarter building known as the Orange Telecommunication Tower, Sipromad Group enjoys the high prestige of owning Madagascar’s tallest building popularly known as the “Pride of the nation.” With a fortune estimated at $800 million, Forbes ranked Ylias Akbaraly as the fifth wealthiest person in Francophone Africa.
Madagascar routinely faces a number of humanitarian challenges, including recurring natural disasters, disease outbreaks, banditry, pest infestations and acute food insecurity. According to the UN, 90 percent of people in Madagascar live below the international poverty line and more than 50 percent of children under the age of 5 are chronically malnourished. According to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), poor farmers in areas of Atsimo Andrefana and Androy in the south will likely face Crisis (IPC 3)* levels of acute food insecurity through May as poor rainfall and crop pest infestations have reduced agricultural production. Households in Anosy will remain in Stressed (IPC 2) levels through the same time period. (..) With support from USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (FFP), Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is addressing the urgent needs of approximately 60,000 people in Androy and Anosy ... Through the UN World Food Program (WFP), FFP is targeting over 150,000 people with emergency food assistance throughout southern Madagascar ... Additionally, FFP is partnering with CRS and the Adventist Development and Relief Agency to implement multi-year development programs ...
Dans Ecofin Agency
The African Development Bank (AfDB) granted Malagasy government $7.23 million, broken into a $6.23 million donation and a $1 million loan, to support agricultural entrepreneurship. This financing will be used to fund and organize a training program to help 410 young people (50% of women) become entrepreneurs in the agriculture and agro-industry.
Dans Vanguard
Ylias Akbaraly is the wealthiest man in Madagascar. He is the current successor and leader of the Sipromad empire founded by his great grandfather in 1918. From a small family trading business, Sipromad Group is one of the leading multi-million dollar conglomerates in Africa and the Indian Ocean with interests spanning business aviation, agri-business, tourism, manufacturing, energy, technology, real-estate, pharmaceutical and banking. (..) Under his leadership, the group grew from 20 to over 3,000 employees, with representative offices in Mauritius, Morocco, Seychelles, Mali and Paris. With an imposing 33 –storey headquarter building known as the Orange Telecommunication Tower, Sipromad Group enjoys the high prestige of owning Madagascar’s tallest building popularly known as the “Pride of the nation.” With a fortune estimated at $800 million, Forbes ranked Ylias Akbaraly as the fifth wealthiest person in Francophone Africa.
Mikama - Jan 8, 2018
Arh. dans NewsMada
Les pays asiatiques comme la Chine ou l’Inde … s’imposent comme les principaux concurrents de la Grande île. Madagascar est classé parmi les pays affichant les plus bas salaires dans le monde. Néanmoins, Madagascar a l’avantage d’être une référence en matière de qualité. Les produits textiles ont généré, selon les données de l’Instat, plus 1.645 milliards d’ariary en valeur FOB en 2016, et plus de 1.772 milliards d’ariary de janvier jusqu’au mois de septembre de l’année dernière.
Dans BZ weekly
NextSource Materials Inc. acquires, explores for, and develops mineral properties in Madagascar and Canada. The company has market cap of $22.66 million. It explores for graphite, vanadium, and other minerals. It currently has negative earnings. The firm holds 100% interest in the Molo graphite property that includes 2,119 permits covering an area of 827.7 square kilometers located in Southern Madagascar Region, Madagascar.
Dans Relief Web
As of 31 October 2017, UNICEF had US$10.4 million available against the US$31 million appeal (33 per cent funded).
Although significant results were achieved, urgent needs remain for 2018 and vulnerability is high, with 90 per cent of the population living under the poverty line. In 2017, 1 1,700 children under 5 with SAM received treatment, accounting for 33 per cent of the sector target. More than 512,000 children under 5 received treatment for common childhood illnesses and disease outbreaks through health/nutrition outreach services in disaster-af fected areas, the provision of essential supplies, technical support and C4D. Through UNICEF support, more than 400,000 people gained access to safe water . Some 12,000 drought-af fected children facing protection concerns were identified and reached with case management support, including family psychosocial support and referral to medical care. More than 46,500 cyclone-af fected children were able to access education through school rehabilitation and the provision of learning spaces and catch-up classes through programmes supported by UNICEF and the Ministry of Education. An estimated 2.5 million people were reached with prevention messages related to plague identification and treatment; and 15,300 vulnerable households received monthly cash transfers to support them to reestablish their livelihoods and access social service
Dans BZ weekly
NextSource Materials Inc. acquires, explores for, and develops mineral properties in Madagascar and Canada. The company has market cap of $22.66 million. It explores for graphite, vanadium, and other minerals. It currently has negative earnings. The firm holds 100% interest in the Molo graphite property that includes 2,119 permits covering an area of 827.7 square kilometers located in Southern Madagascar Region, Madagascar.
Dans Relief Web
As of 31 October 2017, UNICEF had US$10.4 million available against the US$31 million appeal (33 per cent funded).
Although significant results were achieved, urgent needs remain for 2018 and vulnerability is high, with 90 per cent of the population living under the poverty line. In 2017, 1 1,700 children under 5 with SAM received treatment, accounting for 33 per cent of the sector target. More than 512,000 children under 5 received treatment for common childhood illnesses and disease outbreaks through health/nutrition outreach services in disaster-af fected areas, the provision of essential supplies, technical support and C4D. Through UNICEF support, more than 400,000 people gained access to safe water . Some 12,000 drought-af fected children facing protection concerns were identified and reached with case management support, including family psychosocial support and referral to medical care. More than 46,500 cyclone-af fected children were able to access education through school rehabilitation and the provision of learning spaces and catch-up classes through programmes supported by UNICEF and the Ministry of Education. An estimated 2.5 million people were reached with prevention messages related to plague identification and treatment; and 15,300 vulnerable households received monthly cash transfers to support them to reestablish their livelihoods and access social service
Mikama - Oct 31, 2017
Dans Relief Web
Madagascar: Vulnerability Assessment Committee Results 2017
- The improvement of the situation is likely due the following reasons:
Improvement in food availability and access (own production)
Stability in food prices (Cereals)
Decrease in childhood illness (Diarrhea, malaria and acute respiratory infections)
- Challenges
Integration of nutrition in the VAA remains a challenge (lack of resources such as funding, skills capacity etc.)
Availability of recent data
Tropical Storm risks
- Recommendations
Provision of food assistance to people with severe food insecurity.
Prioritize immediate recovery activities in the nutritional and food vulnerability pockets so as to reduce the intensity during the next lean season which is expected to be early in view of the predicted crop decrease for the 2016-2017 main season
Continue provision of humanitarian aid for the populations classified in IPC 3 and 4 phases until September 2017.
Assist with reconstruction and reinforcement of livelihoods and/or assets
Improve the coordination of emergency aid and recovery actions so as to mitigate the deterioration of the vulnerability situation, particularly in the Great South.
Prioritize WASH activities in food insecure zones, which can contribute directly to the improvement of the situation regarding malnutrition and mortality.
Early Warning Systems
Infographic here:
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/sadc_madagascar_2017.pdf
Dans Mongabay
Foreigners have dominated scientific research in Madagascar, with more than 9 out of 10 publications on biodiversity led by foreigners from 1960 to 2015.
A series of programs aimed at boosting early career Malagasy scientists is now bearing fruit as local researchers take on leadership roles in conservation.
But Madagascar’s higher education system remains weak and deeply under-funded, so that the best chance of rigorous training and support for graduate work often comes through connections overseas.
(..) “What is the main reason you do research?” asked Herman Rafalinirina, a PhD candidate in primatology at the University of Antananarivo’s Department of Paleontology and Physical Anthropology. “For example, you go to a place in the forest, you analyze the data, and afterwards you publish it. Ok, Why? If you work to be a scientist, you have to be a good advocate for the local people, you have to tell exactly what is the thing that you found. How many foreigners did that after they published something — to go back to the field to tell to the local people what they found? That is the problem. You convince people, you work to save the lemurs, to do research here, and then [you never come back].” Malagasy scientists, he said, are more likely to return.
Madagascar: Vulnerability Assessment Committee Results 2017
- The improvement of the situation is likely due the following reasons:
Improvement in food availability and access (own production)
Stability in food prices (Cereals)
Decrease in childhood illness (Diarrhea, malaria and acute respiratory infections)
- Challenges
Integration of nutrition in the VAA remains a challenge (lack of resources such as funding, skills capacity etc.)
Availability of recent data
Tropical Storm risks
- Recommendations
Provision of food assistance to people with severe food insecurity.
Prioritize immediate recovery activities in the nutritional and food vulnerability pockets so as to reduce the intensity during the next lean season which is expected to be early in view of the predicted crop decrease for the 2016-2017 main season
Continue provision of humanitarian aid for the populations classified in IPC 3 and 4 phases until September 2017.
Assist with reconstruction and reinforcement of livelihoods and/or assets
Improve the coordination of emergency aid and recovery actions so as to mitigate the deterioration of the vulnerability situation, particularly in the Great South.
Prioritize WASH activities in food insecure zones, which can contribute directly to the improvement of the situation regarding malnutrition and mortality.
Early Warning Systems
Infographic here:
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/sadc_madagascar_2017.pdf
Dans Mongabay
Foreigners have dominated scientific research in Madagascar, with more than 9 out of 10 publications on biodiversity led by foreigners from 1960 to 2015.
A series of programs aimed at boosting early career Malagasy scientists is now bearing fruit as local researchers take on leadership roles in conservation.
But Madagascar’s higher education system remains weak and deeply under-funded, so that the best chance of rigorous training and support for graduate work often comes through connections overseas.
(..) “What is the main reason you do research?” asked Herman Rafalinirina, a PhD candidate in primatology at the University of Antananarivo’s Department of Paleontology and Physical Anthropology. “For example, you go to a place in the forest, you analyze the data, and afterwards you publish it. Ok, Why? If you work to be a scientist, you have to be a good advocate for the local people, you have to tell exactly what is the thing that you found. How many foreigners did that after they published something — to go back to the field to tell to the local people what they found? That is the problem. You convince people, you work to save the lemurs, to do research here, and then [you never come back].” Malagasy scientists, he said, are more likely to return.
Mikama - Sep 20, 2017
Dans Relief Web
Commission Urgence Grand Sud de Madagascar - Plan de réponse stratégique à la sècheresse prolongée (2016 - 2017)
Le Grand Sud de Madagascar est habité de 1,8 millions d’habitants, c’est une zone aride qui ne reçoit qu’une moyenne annuelle de 500 mm de pluies. Le taux de pauvreté y atteint jusqu’à 90%, c’est le plus élevé du pays ; le taux de malnutrition chronique chez les enfants moins de 5 ans se situe entre 32% à 40%, et le taux moyen d’insécurité alimentaire chronique est également parmi les plus élevés du pays. (..) Initialement, le nombre de personnes les plus affectées et nécessitant une assistance humanitaire immédiate était estimé à 200.000, dont 40.000 enfants moins de 5 ans, ce qui correspondait à un besoin de financement de 8,01 millions de dollars Américains ($EU). Les évaluations approfondies réalisées quelques mois après ont montré le besoin d’assister 579.000 personnes en situation d’insécurité alimentaire sévère, et un taux de malnutrition aigüe sévère variant entre 2,0% et 3,4% en avril 2015. Les réponses par rapport aux besoins initiaux de 200.000 personnes avaient démarré avec un montant total de 6,5 millions de $EU, et avait permis d’améliorer la situation de l’insécurité alimentaire entre avril et octobre 2015. Ainsi, le nombre de personnes en insécurité alimentaire sévère avait été réduit à 390.000 et le taux de malnutrition aigüe sévère contenu entre 0,4% à 1,6%.
Dans Relief Web
PERIOD October 2016 – May 2017
1.63 million total population (Grand Sud)
0.85 million estimate of the number of people requiring humanitarian assistance
Main categories of people in need:
0.85 million people in food insecurity
0.33 million in emergency phase (IPC 4)
0.52 million in crisis phase (IPC 3)
0.11 million children in global acute malnutrition
0.01 million in severe acute malnutrition
0.01 million in moderate acute malnutrition
Source: Multisectoral assessment, July/August 2016, IPC October 2016 $115.3 million
Commission Urgence Grand Sud de Madagascar - Plan de réponse stratégique à la sècheresse prolongée (2016 - 2017)
Le Grand Sud de Madagascar est habité de 1,8 millions d’habitants, c’est une zone aride qui ne reçoit qu’une moyenne annuelle de 500 mm de pluies. Le taux de pauvreté y atteint jusqu’à 90%, c’est le plus élevé du pays ; le taux de malnutrition chronique chez les enfants moins de 5 ans se situe entre 32% à 40%, et le taux moyen d’insécurité alimentaire chronique est également parmi les plus élevés du pays. (..) Initialement, le nombre de personnes les plus affectées et nécessitant une assistance humanitaire immédiate était estimé à 200.000, dont 40.000 enfants moins de 5 ans, ce qui correspondait à un besoin de financement de 8,01 millions de dollars Américains ($EU). Les évaluations approfondies réalisées quelques mois après ont montré le besoin d’assister 579.000 personnes en situation d’insécurité alimentaire sévère, et un taux de malnutrition aigüe sévère variant entre 2,0% et 3,4% en avril 2015. Les réponses par rapport aux besoins initiaux de 200.000 personnes avaient démarré avec un montant total de 6,5 millions de $EU, et avait permis d’améliorer la situation de l’insécurité alimentaire entre avril et octobre 2015. Ainsi, le nombre de personnes en insécurité alimentaire sévère avait été réduit à 390.000 et le taux de malnutrition aigüe sévère contenu entre 0,4% à 1,6%.
Dans Relief Web
PERIOD October 2016 – May 2017
1.63 million total population (Grand Sud)
0.85 million estimate of the number of people requiring humanitarian assistance
Main categories of people in need:
0.85 million people in food insecurity
0.33 million in emergency phase (IPC 4)
0.52 million in crisis phase (IPC 3)
0.11 million children in global acute malnutrition
0.01 million in severe acute malnutrition
0.01 million in moderate acute malnutrition
Source: Multisectoral assessment, July/August 2016, IPC October 2016 $115.3 million
Mikama - Sep 8, 2017
Antsa R dans Midi Madagasikara
... nous exportons 10 fois plus que nous importons du Japon. Le Nickel d’Ambatovy, à lui tout seul, représente près de 33% en termes de rentrées de devises. La vanille et les crustacées sont également très prisées au Japon .. De 2012 à 2014, on a enregistré une augmentation avec une valeur allant de 13,418 millions d’Ariary à Ar 345,537 millions d’Ariary. Cette hausse de valeurs est considérablement liée aux produits comme la vanille, les crustacés et le girofle. Cependant, quelques secteurs comme le textile, le graphite et les produits du règne végétal, ont ralenti cette montée en flèche, ces deux dernières années.
Dans Relief Web
Rice imports tripled in the first semester of 2017 compared to last year in the same period, increasing from 86,000 MT in 2016 to more than 247,000 MT in 2017, which is 54 percent higher than the 5-year average, and just below the highest level in 2014, over the past ten years. Imported rice has filled the gap left by local rice in deficit areas, particularly in the South and the Southeast, and stabilized prices. (..) Across Madagascar approximately half a million people will be in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) in the last 3 months of 2017, with the vast majority in Southern Madagascar. At the peak of the lean season in early 2018, this number will grow above half a million people.
Dans Relief Web
Rice imports tripled in the first semester of 2017 compared to last year in the same period, increasing from 86,000 MT in 2016 to more than 247,000 MT in 2017, which is 54 percent higher than the 5-year average, and just below the highest level in 2014, over the past ten years. Imported rice has filled the gap left by local rice in deficit areas, particularly in the South and the Southeast, and stabilized prices. (..) Across Madagascar approximately half a million people will be in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) in the last 3 months of 2017, with the vast majority in Southern Madagascar. At the peak of the lean season in early 2018, this number will grow above half a million people.
Mikama - Sep 7, 2017
Dans The Guardian
But half of Madagascar’s children are so chronically malnourished they grow up too small for their age, a condition known as stunting. The odds against these children making it to secondary school, let alone managing an intellectually or physically challenging job, are vertiginous. Research shows that if a child is stunted by the age of two, the damage to their young minds and bodies is virtually irreversible. (..) This Indian Ocean island is a biodiversity hotspot, rich in crops and minerals. But it is a poor country, with a mainly rural population of 24 million, projected to double by 2030, and a poverty rate of more than 90% . (..) It not only robs children of their future, but countries of their future workforce. A stunted child, will, on average, earn 26% less than her peers. The annual loss of income in Madagascar due to malnutrition is estimated to be $740m (£565m), or 7% of the country’s GDP, according to Unicef. (..) During the latest political crisis, which followed the 2009 coup, many health centres closed, salaries went unpaid and foreign aid dried up. (..) If 70% of the population had access to safe water, it would have a “significant impact on malnutrition and stunting”, he says, but adds: “We would need $200m a year. At the moment, the Wash [water, sanitation and hygiene] sector receives $120m.”
Fahranarison dans NewsMada
La Grande île figure parmi les pays à fort taux d’analphabétisme, où 30% d’adultes et 22% d’enfants ne savent ni lire ni écrire ni compter. (..) les actions de Vozama «Vonjeo ny zaza malagasy» dans le cadre de son programme d’alphabétisation, ciblant dix milliers d’enfants par an, issus de 4.000 familles dans 700 villages des régions d’Amoron’i Mania et Matsiatra Ambony, sont toujours accompagnées d’appui pour les parents, notamment via le développement d’activités génératrices de revenus (AGR). Pour le Frère Lucien Andriamasy, la pauvreté et l’analphabétisme forment un cercle vicieux (..) Au total, la subvention octroyée à ces acteurs de l’alphabétisation, dont le critère de sélection s’est basé sur leur expérience dans ce domaine, s’élève à hauteur de 100 millions d’ariary. Il s’agit d’une grande première dans la mesure où c’est le début d’une prise en charge directe de l’Etat en faveur de l’alphabétisation, une initiative qui n’avais jamais eu lieu auparavant. Le projet cible 6.725 jeunes, adolescents et adultes analphabètes ou déscolarisés de 11 à 45 ans dans 13 régions et 30 districts...
Arh. dans NewsMada
Pour Madagascar, trois bassins de collecte de poivre sauvage ont été identifiés : les Corridors de l’Angavo (avec Anjozorobe comme centre névralgique), de l’Ankaï (polarisé autour de Moramanga) et de Fianarantsoa, selon une étude effectuée par la Cirad et le Fofifa en juillet 2014. Depuis sa naissance en 2004, la filière s’est considérablement développée. Le nombre d’agents a augmenté dans tous les bassins considérés. Exportateurs, entreprises et exportateurs indépendants ont rapidement identifié le potentiel lucratif du produit et s’en sont emparés. Et depuis, la filière a déjà fait l’objet d’une exploitation grandissante et souvent destructive qui impacte localement négativement sur la ressource et la forêt.
But half of Madagascar’s children are so chronically malnourished they grow up too small for their age, a condition known as stunting. The odds against these children making it to secondary school, let alone managing an intellectually or physically challenging job, are vertiginous. Research shows that if a child is stunted by the age of two, the damage to their young minds and bodies is virtually irreversible. (..) This Indian Ocean island is a biodiversity hotspot, rich in crops and minerals. But it is a poor country, with a mainly rural population of 24 million, projected to double by 2030, and a poverty rate of more than 90% . (..) It not only robs children of their future, but countries of their future workforce. A stunted child, will, on average, earn 26% less than her peers. The annual loss of income in Madagascar due to malnutrition is estimated to be $740m (£565m), or 7% of the country’s GDP, according to Unicef. (..) During the latest political crisis, which followed the 2009 coup, many health centres closed, salaries went unpaid and foreign aid dried up. (..) If 70% of the population had access to safe water, it would have a “significant impact on malnutrition and stunting”, he says, but adds: “We would need $200m a year. At the moment, the Wash [water, sanitation and hygiene] sector receives $120m.”
Fahranarison dans NewsMada
Arh. dans NewsMada
Mikama - Sep 4, 2017
Dans PHYS ORG
Research by an EPFL PhD student has found a way to boost Madagascar's corn crop yields up to five times while decreasing deforestation at the same time. (..) After developing and testing her method in 2014 and 2015, she was able to boost crop yields by a factor of five relative to traditional farming methods. The corn she planted grew to be 240 cm tall versus 140 cm with the traditional method, and the harvest had more and better-quality ears. Her crop yields might have been even higher if it wasn't for a cyclone that hit the island in 2015.
"Not many farmers know about combining ashes and compost," says Gay-des-Combes.
Dans Relief Web
The humanitarian situation in southern Madagascar has improved markedly since March 2017, due to better rainfall and major humanitarian response. However, a quarter of all people in eight affected districts - more than 400,000 - remain in Crisis and Emergency (IPC phases 3 and 4) . Global acute malnutrition rates remain above the alert level of 10 per cent in 5 districts.
Research by an EPFL PhD student has found a way to boost Madagascar's corn crop yields up to five times while decreasing deforestation at the same time. (..) After developing and testing her method in 2014 and 2015, she was able to boost crop yields by a factor of five relative to traditional farming methods. The corn she planted grew to be 240 cm tall versus 140 cm with the traditional method, and the harvest had more and better-quality ears. Her crop yields might have been even higher if it wasn't for a cyclone that hit the island in 2015.
"Not many farmers know about combining ashes and compost," says Gay-des-Combes.
Dans Relief Web
The humanitarian situation in southern Madagascar has improved markedly since March 2017, due to better rainfall and major humanitarian response. However, a quarter of all people in eight affected districts - more than 400,000 - remain in Crisis and Emergency (IPC phases 3 and 4) . Global acute malnutrition rates remain above the alert level of 10 per cent in 5 districts.
Mikama - July 28, 2017
Dans DW
To prevent ecosystems from collapsing, the Velondriake - an association of several villages all falling within the same marine protected area - was created by the government.
The name means "to live with the sea," and the program is managed by locals. "Fishers understood that they needed to look for alternatives to fishing," said community leader Badouraly. The marine reserve stretches over 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) along the coast of Madagascar, and includes a total population of 7,500 people. The reserve includes coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass beds, baobab forests and thornscrub. Local community members farm sea cucumbers and seaweed, and conduct monitoring. Thanks to PACP (Projet d'Appui aux Communautés de Pêcheurs), local people manage much of the project, both governing and establishing alternative activities in the reserves. Thus, villagers have become both managers and guardians of their own coasts. Management decisions are discussed and agreed upon as a community. (..) Algae farming is proving a success in the village; production has risen from 13 tons in 2013 to 187 tons in 2016. "And we expect to reach 250 tons this year," Badouraly added.
Dans The Christian Science Monitor
Madagascar skirted famine – barely. Now, it's boosting resilience before drought returns... In international aid jargon, that meant that more than half a million people were enduring crisis-level “Phase 3” food insecurity. Another 330,000 were in even worse shape, suffering emergency-level “Phase 4” food shortages. “Phase 5” is famine. (..) The World Food Programme has been working in the area for 30 years, meaning it could scale up quickly to feed a million people when the situation went critical. But new tactics gave added impact to its aid, circumventing Madagascar’s geographical challenges. Last year, in regions where there was still food to be had, the WFP gave an emergency $20 per month to families to buy what they could find. (..) Quickly, the agency (UNICEF) expanded its nutrition programs to all 193 town and village health centers in the south, screening every child under 5 and making sure the worst-malnourished were given high-nutrition, peanut-based food supplements. (..) The monthly cash handouts are keeping people in Anklimanara alive, but the NGO running the program, the Foundation for Development Intervention, has an innovative, broader vision. Over the next few months it will hand out $60 grants (a small fortune in a country where few earn more than $2 per day) in “getting back on your feet” money.
Dans International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
Twenty out of a total of 26 have now signed the agreement establishing the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA), with Madagascar inking the document on 13 July 2017 in Antanarivo, the country’s capital city. Two days before, South Africa had signed the TFTA agreement during a meeting of the Tripartite Committee of Sectoral Ministers in Kampala, Uganda... The TFTA spans three African regional economic communities, namely the East African Community (EAC), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). If successfully implemented, it will become the continent’s largest free trade area, with a combined GDP of around 1.3 US$ trillion and a market comprising 57 percent of the African population.
Dans reliefweb
Evidencing the impacts of the humanitarian crisis in southern Madagascar on migration, and the multisectorial linkages that drought-induced migration has on the other sectors of concern. This report presents qualitative research conducted by the IOM in Madagascar in December 2016 to assess the effect of drought on migration in the Grand Sud; whether there has been an increase in outmigration during the current humanitarian crisis (since 2013); and the key sectors of intervention that affect migration in the Grand Sud, and in turn, how migration affects these sectors.
Download report here
To prevent ecosystems from collapsing, the Velondriake - an association of several villages all falling within the same marine protected area - was created by the government.
The name means "to live with the sea," and the program is managed by locals. "Fishers understood that they needed to look for alternatives to fishing," said community leader Badouraly. The marine reserve stretches over 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) along the coast of Madagascar, and includes a total population of 7,500 people. The reserve includes coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass beds, baobab forests and thornscrub. Local community members farm sea cucumbers and seaweed, and conduct monitoring. Thanks to PACP (Projet d'Appui aux Communautés de Pêcheurs), local people manage much of the project, both governing and establishing alternative activities in the reserves. Thus, villagers have become both managers and guardians of their own coasts. Management decisions are discussed and agreed upon as a community. (..) Algae farming is proving a success in the village; production has risen from 13 tons in 2013 to 187 tons in 2016. "And we expect to reach 250 tons this year," Badouraly added.
Dans The Christian Science Monitor
Madagascar skirted famine – barely. Now, it's boosting resilience before drought returns... In international aid jargon, that meant that more than half a million people were enduring crisis-level “Phase 3” food insecurity. Another 330,000 were in even worse shape, suffering emergency-level “Phase 4” food shortages. “Phase 5” is famine. (..) The World Food Programme has been working in the area for 30 years, meaning it could scale up quickly to feed a million people when the situation went critical. But new tactics gave added impact to its aid, circumventing Madagascar’s geographical challenges. Last year, in regions where there was still food to be had, the WFP gave an emergency $20 per month to families to buy what they could find. (..) Quickly, the agency (UNICEF) expanded its nutrition programs to all 193 town and village health centers in the south, screening every child under 5 and making sure the worst-malnourished were given high-nutrition, peanut-based food supplements. (..) The monthly cash handouts are keeping people in Anklimanara alive, but the NGO running the program, the Foundation for Development Intervention, has an innovative, broader vision. Over the next few months it will hand out $60 grants (a small fortune in a country where few earn more than $2 per day) in “getting back on your feet” money.
Dans International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
Twenty out of a total of 26 have now signed the agreement establishing the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA), with Madagascar inking the document on 13 July 2017 in Antanarivo, the country’s capital city. Two days before, South Africa had signed the TFTA agreement during a meeting of the Tripartite Committee of Sectoral Ministers in Kampala, Uganda... The TFTA spans three African regional economic communities, namely the East African Community (EAC), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). If successfully implemented, it will become the continent’s largest free trade area, with a combined GDP of around 1.3 US$ trillion and a market comprising 57 percent of the African population.
Dans reliefweb
Evidencing the impacts of the humanitarian crisis in southern Madagascar on migration, and the multisectorial linkages that drought-induced migration has on the other sectors of concern. This report presents qualitative research conducted by the IOM in Madagascar in December 2016 to assess the effect of drought on migration in the Grand Sud; whether there has been an increase in outmigration during the current humanitarian crisis (since 2013); and the key sectors of intervention that affect migration in the Grand Sud, and in turn, how migration affects these sectors.
Download report here
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