We promote the Zanatany rice system, crop and livestock diversification, and regenerative agroecological practices to enhance productivity, food security, rural income and nutrition. These practices are supported by nutrition education, water collection and storage systems, and improved biogas, contributing to soil restoration, water conservation, biodiversity, and tree planting - including mangrove restoration. We planted 1.7 million trees in 2024, 71 percent of them in mangroves.

AKF works with community health volunteers to deliver nutrition training in villages. Families learn how to prepare nutrient-rich food like soup and soy milk. By slightly modifying how they cook, such as adding peanuts to a sweet potato stew, families can gain significant nutritional impacts over time.

Building Community Resilience

Since 2011, we have supported the establishment of nearly 3,700 community-based savings groups in Madagascar, providing a form of banking. Through the groups, which consist of up to 30 members from the same village, individuals contribute weekly savings, from which loans – for health emergencies, to buy books for school, or to help set up a business, for example – can be taken out with interest rates set by the members. The groups also share their knowledge of water and sanitation, nutrition, early childhood development, natural resources management and health micro-insurance.