Impact of Enriching the Diet of Women and Children Through Health and Nutrition Education, Introduction of Homestead Gardens and Backyard Poultry in Rural India

Murty, P. V. V. S.; Rao, M. Vishnuvardhan; Bamji, Mahtab S.

doi:10.1007/s40003-016-0206-x

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“…Another improvement from previous literature is the fact that several new studies collected rich data to document the impacts of agricultural programs along the project-specific hypothesized pathways, strengthening the plausibility of impacts on maternal and child diets and nutritional status outcomes. For example, results from the evaluation of the Enhanced Homestead Food Production (EHFP) system, which incorporates a stronger nutrition education intervention using social behavior change approaches, among other components, in Burkina Faso and Zambia showed impacts on specific dimensions of women's empowerment such as social capital, ownership of and control over assets, and decision making in selected domains, and a number of studies documented impacts on maternal infant and young child feeding (IYCF) knowledge, practices, or both (Miller et al, 2014;van den Bold et al, 2015;Murty et al, 2016;Kumar et al, 2018). These findings confirm the hypothesized mediating (and in some case modifying) role of women's empowerment and improved knowledge and practices in fostering nutrition impacts from agriculture (SPRING, 2014).…”

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New evidence on nutrition-sensitive agricultural programs.

Ruel¹

2019

Agriculture for Improved Nutrition: Seizing the Momentum

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New evidence on nutrition-sensitive agricultural programs.

Ruel¹

2019

Agriculture for Improved Nutrition: Seizing the Momentum

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“…Despite these benefits, proven models for boosting egg and chicken production among poor households and encouraging consumption by young children (e.g., Murty, Rao, & Bamji, ) are few. More evidence on what works, what does not, and why is needed.…”

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Implementing small‐scale poultry‐for‐nutrition projects: Successes and lessons learned

Nordhagen

Klemm

2018

Maternal & Child Nutrition

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This paper examines Helen Keller International's model for nutrition-sensitive poultry production using a programme implemented in four diverse African contexts-three rural and one urban. Consecutive cross-sectional surveys conducted every 5 months among~15% of participating households show that despite project-provided training and inputs, there was only limited uptake of many "best practices." Few households constructed improved henhouses; vaccination rates varied and were highest when support was provided. Poultry mortality was high. Egg productivity remained average for village poultry systems, and egg consumption remained low (two to six eggs consumed per household per fortnight). However, children whose mothers were exposed to project messages on nutrition were more likely to eat eggs, and consumption was consistently higher among households with chickens. Women's involvement in chicken rearing was widespread, but their control over revenues from the sale of poultry products was limited. Key lessons learned from implementation were as follows: (a) strong behaviour change communication is needed to encourage egg consumption, (b) nutrition-sensitive village poultry programmes should often focus more on improved practices than improved breeds, (c) supporting women's chicken production is not a route to empowerment without complementary activities that directly support women's ownership and decision making. There is also a need for rigorous research on the role of village poultry in livelihoods, food systems, and consumption as well as the structure of poultry and egg markets in low-resource areas.

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“…The intervention focused on the introduction of homestead gardens, backyard poultry with high egg-yielding breeds of birds and health and nutrition education. Over the 3 years of intervention, a gradual decline was observed in the percentage of children suffering from moderate-to-severe malnutrition [41]. The second study from India examined the nutrition garden component of a larger study to address household dietary diversity in two districts; it found that the monthly per capita consumption of fruits and vegetables, both quantity consumed and frequency of consumption, showed marked increase between baseline (2014) and endline (2017).…”

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Review of agriculture-nutrition linkages in South Asia.

Bhavani¹,

Rampal²

2018

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The paper reviews the evidence of agriculture-nutrition linkages with particular reference to South Asia from studies published during the period 2012-2018. South Asia houses the largest population of undernourished people in the world and a majority of the population in the region is dependent on agriculture and allied activities and live in rural areas. Following a review of agriculture nutrition linkage, the paper reviews recent work in South Asia focusing on the pathway of agriculture as an asset and source of food and the role of women in agriculture. The evidence from reviews of agriculture nutrition linkage finds lack of robust evidence of impact on nutrition outcomes. The studies from South Asia highlight the importance of production diversity, agriculture and land productivity and enabling factors of WASH and women's empowerment, for impact on dietary diversity and nutrition outcomes. This points to need for policy focus in these areas. Most of the studies were based on secondary data and the search yielded very few intervention-based studies; there were also no studies from Pakistan. The importance of leveraging agriculture for nutrition in order to progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is now well accepted. Along with efforts to improve dietary diversity through agriculture, long-term intervention studies with robust design targeting nutrition indicators can help better inform policy.

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Impact of Enriching the Diet of Women and Children Through Health and Nutrition Education, Introduction of Homestead Gardens and Backyard Poultry in Rural India

Cited by 30 publications

References 2 publications

New evidence on nutrition-sensitive agricultural programs.

New evidence on nutrition-sensitive agricultural programs.

Implementing small‐scale poultry‐for‐nutrition projects: Successes and lessons learned

Review of agriculture-nutrition linkages in South Asia.

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