Impact of home gardens promoted among urban residents in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Pepijn Schreinemachers (), Sandhya S. Kumar and Nasir Md. Uddin
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Pepijn Schreinemachers: World Vegetable Center
Sandhya S. Kumar: World Vegetable Center
Nasir Md. Uddin: Grameen Bikash Foundation

Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, 2025, vol. 17, issue 4, No 14, 1039-1052

Abstract: Abstract Promoting gardening among urban residents holds the potential to improve urban diets in low- and middle-income countries, but there is a lack of evidence of impact. This study tests the hypothesis that training urban residents in gardening increases their intake of fruit and vegetables. It uses panel data for 254 control and 425 treatment households from four city corporations in the Dhaka metropolitan area of Bangladesh. Urban residents, 85% of whom were women, were interviewed before the start of an urban gardening program and one year after training and inputs were provided to the treatment group. The study estimated the average treatment effects using a difference-in-difference estimator. Of the 38 outcomes tested, 20 are significant (p

Keywords: Homestead food production; Kitchen garden; Fruit and vegetable; Urban agriculture; Difference-in-difference (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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