![]() ![]() The results show that the intervention reduced the proportion of severely food insecure households by 38% on average in the lean season, and by 20% in the full seasonal cycle. Seasonal food insecurity was measured via multiple rounds of SMS-based surveys. Our intervention provided farming households from two districts in Tanzania with hermetic storage bags that can help reduce storage losses. Here we present the results of a randomized control trial on the effects of improved on-farm storage on seasonal food insecurity. We posit that addressing seasonal food insecurity requires not only increased food production, as is commonly argued, but also consideration of post-harvest losses during storage. It is highest in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the seasonality of harvests leads to fluctuations in food insecurity, particularly in the lean season, the time before the harvest is brought in. ![]() This goal notwithstanding, the prevalence of severe food insecurity of the world’s population has increased. Ending hunger is a key goal of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted in 2015. ![]()
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