Closing the Seasonal Food Gap: Policy Options for Food and Nutrition Security in Vietnam's Upland Communities

With post-pandemic recovery funds and climate adaptation investments, local planners need timely, household-level evidence to target interventions effectively. This brief fills that gap by applying Household Food Insecurity and Access Scale (HFIAS), Months of Adequate Household Food Provisioning (MAHFP), Coping Strategies Index (Index (CSI), and Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) to assess seasonal food gaps, coping strategies, and dietary diversity among 125 poor households.