AreaMadagascar

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date24/03/2020

Policy CategoryConsumption and marketing

Policy InstrumentFood subsidies

DescriptionAnnounced that, among other measures, it would provide food assistance staring 26 March 2020, in the form of rice, sugar and other commodities, to vulnerable households, as part of a Social Emergency Plan geared towards helping them cope with the impact of quarantine measures put in place to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. A subsequent announcement indicated that food kits consisting of rice, oil, sugar and other products would be distributed to 240 000 vulnerable households in Antananarivo and Toamasina for this purpose.