The effect of women’s home gardens on vegetable production and consumption in Bangladesh

Schreinemachers, Pepijn; Patalagsa, Marie Antoinette; Islam, Md. Rafiqul; Uddin, Md. Nasir; Ahmad, Shabbir; Biswas, Sitesh Chandra; Ahmed, Md. Tanvir; Yang, Ray-Yu; Hanson, Peter; Begum, Shawkat; Takagi, Chifumi

doi:10.1007/s12571-014-0408-7

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“…Bushamuka et al (2005) used a 3-month recall for the end of the rabi season and estimated a median monthly increase of 30 kg (~360 kg/year). Schreinemachers et al (2015) used a 12-month recall period and estimated a mean annual increase of 80 kg. The large variation in harvested quantities shows the importance of estimating harvested quantities as part of an impact evaluation: the increase in home garden production is perhaps not a primary indicator of nutritional outcomes, yet it is a necessary precondition for achieving better micronutrient status through home gardens.…”

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“…More recently, Schreinemachers et al (2015) evaluated a home garden programme, including training in gardening and nutrition, targeted at poor rural women in two districts of southwestern Bangladesh. They found no evidence of selection bias in their sample, and therefore carried out a straightforward comparison between the 479 control and 103 intervention households.…”

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“…The present study partially uses the same data as Schreinemachers et al (2015), but uses two years of observations, applies a difference-in-difference method to control for selection bias and expands it from two to four districts in southwestern Bangladesh. The study tests the hypotheses whether training poor rural women in home gardening and nutrition increases home-based vegetable production, micronutrient yields and the quantity and diversity of vegetable consumption one year after the training.…”

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Impact and cost-effectiveness of women's training in home gardening and nutrition in Bangladesh

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2016

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This study quantifies the impact and cost-effectiveness of training poor rural women in Bangladesh in home gardening and nutrition. We use baseline and follow-up data for 646 intervention and control households and apply a difference-in-difference estimator. We find that the intervention significantly (p < 0.01) increased vegetable production (+16.5 g/person/day), vegetable consumption and the micronutrient supply from the garden. Using the disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) approach, we show that the intervention can be considered cost-effective in abating iron, vitamin A and zinc deficiencies. Home garden interventions can therefore make an effective contribution to addressing micronutrient undernutrition. ARTICLE HISTORY

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2016

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“…Women eligible for the training had to meet certain criteria (see also [19]). First, the intervention targeted smallholder farm households by requiring that households should have some land but not exceeding one acre (0.4 ha).…”

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Sowing seeds of empowerment: effect of women’s home garden training in Bangladesh

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Background: There is a lack of scientific evidence that home gardens contribute to women empowerment, which eventually leads to greater gender equality, although it is generally assumed that they do. Using data from poor rural households in Bangladesh, this paper analyzes if and how women's training in home gardening and nutrition empowers women. The study used a mixed methods approach, combining statistical analysis of quantitative data for 456 women with content analysis of qualitative data from in-depth interviews. Results:The results show that home garden training is popular and widely accepted by both men and women largely because it does not contest existing socially constructed gender roles. Nevertheless, we find clear signs of increased control by women over food supplies and income, and gains in women's self-confidence and role in the community-as husbands and outsiders begin to recognize their agricultural skills. However, such improvements have been gradual rather than radical. Many men and women appreciated the new opportunity to work together on something of common interest that advanced their quality of life. Conclusion:The evidence presented shows gradual but clear signs of women empowerment as a result of training in home gardens and nutrition.

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“…A tailored and gender-specific training programme on sustainable production practices targeted to women will certainly contribute to filling this gap and improving vegetable production around APDs. Indeed, women's training on improved vegetable production practices can dramatically increase production of leafy vegetables, profitability and income, thus improving women's livelihoods [44,45]. This capacity building programme should be supported by increased agricultural extension service support to vegetable farmers around APDs, which could improve technical efficiency of producers [46].…”

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Towards sustainable vegetable production around agro-pastoral dams in Northern Benin: current situation, challenges and research avenues for sustainable production and integrated dam management

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Background: Rehabilitation and optimized utilization of agro-pastoral dams (APDs), especially for vegetable production, has been recently promoted to boost agricultural production and ensure food security in Benin. However, little information was available on APDs' agricultural potentials and knowledge of how APDs' ecosystem services were exploited by the various stakeholders, and how each stakeholder group contributed to the degradation of the common good was scanty. This study explored three APDs in northern Benin to diagnose vegetable production systems and assess producer's perception of APD degradation. Results:The results indicated that vegetable production around the APDs was a part-time activity dominated by women, and characterized by low external input use and a diversity of African indigenous vegetables. There was a strong gender difference in cropping systems, farming practices and land access, and a significant agreement on key production bottlenecks among producers. The main constraints included conflicts with livestock herders generated by the recurrent destruction of crops and seedlings by livestock, lack of equipment, pest and disease management challenges, access to water and inputs. Water erosion and runoff, livestock, vegetable production and food crops and cotton farming around the dams were respectively perceived as factors that contribute to APDs' siltation and affect water quality. In comparison with water erosion and runoff, experienced producers and those with higher vegetable species richness were more likely to rank farming as first source of threat to APDs. Urbanization and market access were drivers of intensification of vegetable production around APDs. Conclusions:Our findings illustrate how information on cropping and farming practices, and producers' perception can provide insights and research and development avenues for integrated dam management and sustainable production for improved food security and livelihoods. We discussed the implications of our findings and suggested a number of strategic decisions and research avenues for integrated dam management and sustainable vegetable production around APDs. Avenues for future research and development actions include: (1) a tailored and genderspecific training programme on sustainable production practices targeted to women; (2) developing scenarios of the

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The effect of women’s home gardens on vegetable production and consumption in Bangladesh

Cited by 54 publications

References 14 publications

Impact and cost-effectiveness of women's training in home gardening and nutrition in Bangladesh

Impact and cost-effectiveness of women's training in home gardening and nutrition in Bangladesh

Sowing seeds of empowerment: effect of women’s home garden training in Bangladesh

Towards sustainable vegetable production around agro-pastoral dams in Northern Benin: current situation, challenges and research avenues for sustainable production and integrated dam management

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