This regional resilience plan is a strategic plan developed to help tackle the occurance of the Kere phenomenon in Androy, Madagascar. It contains conceptual analysis and developmental steps involved in planning for the resilience of a community to schocks and Stresses. It employs empirical design from a participatory scenario planning and systems thinking.
The Kere is a catastrophic phenomenon that has been affecting the Deep South (the Grand South) since 1929. Traditionally perceived as a drought induced food crisis, it is the compounded effects of multiple socioecological factors. These include, but are not limited to: desertification, El Nino effects, drought, poor governance, inaccessibility, poverty and insecurity.