Long-term behavioural impact of an integrated home garden intervention: evidence from Bangladesh

Ghassan Baliki, Tilman Brück, Pepijn Schreinemachers () and Md. Nasir Uddin ()
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Pepijn Schreinemachers: World Vegetable Center
Md. Nasir Uddin: Grameen Bikash Foundation

Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, 2019, vol. 11, issue 6, No 5, 1217-1230

Abstract: Abstract Integrated home garden interventions combine training in gardening practices with education about nutrition knowledge. Such interventions have been shown to improve nutrition behaviour in low income countries. However, to date rigorous evidence is lacking for their long-term impact. We test the impact of an integrated home garden intervention on vegetable production and consumption three years after the intervention ended. We analyse three rounds of survey data for 224 control and 395 intervention households in rural Bangladesh. Three years after the intervention, the average impact on vegetable production per household was 43 kg/year (+ 49% over baseline levels; p

Keywords: South Asia; Agriculture; Nutrition outcomes; Food security; Behaviour change; Gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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