Comprehensive typology for food and nutrition security interventions, with application to the rural territories of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Wim Marivoet, John Ulimwengu and Fernando Sedano

No 1723, IFPRI discussion papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: In this paper we develop a policy-relevant typology using different intervention types and nutrition constraints. Our approach is based on an amendable demarcation of areas within a four-indicator diagram, each of which represents a core dimension of food and nutrition security (FNS), which makes our typology conceptually sound, operationally flexible, and less data intensive. The derived typology is applied to rural territories of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Despite a continuum of heterogenous development challenges across the country, the typology helped identify various clusters of territories which suffer mostly from production, access, and utilization constraints. Consequently, for the nine territories (out of 145) with the highest child stunting levels, we identified four broad intervention zones and studied the efficiency profile in more detail.

Keywords: nutritional status; nutrition security; agricultural production; agricultural research; constraints; stunting; typology; nutrition; statistical data; children; developing countries; food security; production possibilities; rural areas; Congo, Democratic Republic of; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Middle Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-05-04
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