Gender, nutrition-sensitive agricultural interventions, and resilience: Evidence from rural Bangladesh

John F. Hoddinott, Akhter Ahmed, M. Mehrab Bakhtiar and Agnes R. Quisumbing

No 2375, IFPRI discussion papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: We assess whether a gender- and nutrition-sensitive agricultural interventions, fielded in rural Bangladesh, aimed at improving food production diversity enhanced resilience and whether impacts persisted post-intervention. Four years post-program, treatment arms that included both agriculture and nutrition training reduced the likelihood that households undertook more severe forms of coping strategies during the Covid-19 pandemic. There were persistent improvements in household consumption and diet quality; impacts were largest for poor but not the poorest households in our sample. Underlying these results were the long-term beneficial impacts on women’s agricultural knowledge, agency, and increased engagement in agricultural activities.

Keywords: resilience; shocks; gender; nutrition; Bangladesh; Southern Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-11-10
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