The Role of Agricultural Biodiversity in The Diet: a Vietnamese Study

Bioversity International180 enrolled

Overview

What is the role of Agricultural biodiversity in improving diet diversity, quality and nutrition?

Agricultural biodiversity can have an important role in improving diet diversity, quality and nutrition and can be seen as the foundation of the food and nutrition value chain. Increasing the availability and access to local agricultural and/or wild biodiversity genetic resources has the potential to increase production, making more food available for consumption as long as entitlements to access it exist. However, as the history of food security interventions has shown, increasing the production and supply of staple crops alone is not enough to improve food security or nutritional status. However, while agricultural diversification is an important component, it is not alone sufficient to improve diet diversity. Other system elements including women's education and knowledge, intra-household dynamics and women's status and cultural beliefs and practices that improves children's health and nutrition are important to ensure biodiversity has a successful role in improving dietary diversity and quality.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

180

Conditions

Food Intake Biodiversity

Interventions

Promotion of a biodiverse dietBEHAVIORAL

Nutrition education combined with Agriculture Capacity building focused on a key set of nutritious crops. Component (C) 1 - Participatory Identification of Intervention Approach (PIIA); C2 - Local stakeholder consultation; C3 - Sensitisation of community; C4 - Formation of Diversity club. Club will receive capacity building from a Village health worker. The following topics will be covered species selected for promotion: 1. Where to locally source inputs and expected price, 2. How/when to prepare plots using organic inputs, 3. Planting and best-practice management practices, 4. Seed saving and storage and 4. Active Cooking demonstrations and Nutrition Education and counselling including Diversified cooking practices

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 12 MonthsMax age: 55 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Woman of reproductive age (between 15-49 years) who are the mother or primary caregiver of a child between 12 and 23 months of age. * Both the woman and the child should be permanent residents in the village selected and do not temporarily migrate outside the village cluster during the year. * Reside in a Thai Village Exclusion Criteria: * Reside in a village that is the Urban center of commune/province * Currently engaged in other agriculture or nutrition programme or Intervention apart from what is offered by government extension workers

Locations (1)

Jessica E Raneri

Mai Sơn, Sơn La Province, Vietnam

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Mean intakes (g) of Dark Green leafy vegetables, Vitamin A Rich Fruit and Vegetable and Legumes, nuts and seeds

Mean intakes (g) of Dark Green leafy vegetables, Vitamin A Rich Fruit and Vegetable and Legumes, nuts and seeds by mothers and young children. Collected through administration of 24hour dietary recall

Time frame: 12 months

Proportion of women and children consuming Dark Green leafy vegetables, Vitamin A Rich Fruit and Vegetable and Legumes, nuts and seeds by mothers and young children

Proportion of women and children consuming Dark Green leafy vegetables, Vitamin A Rich Fruit and Vegetable and Legumes, nuts and seeds by mothers and young children. Collected through administration of 24hour dietary recall

Time frame: 12 months

Proportion of women and children reaching EAR of iron and vitamin A

Proportion of women and children reaching EAR of iron and vitamin A. Collected through administration of 24hour dietary recall

Time frame: 12 months

Mean species richness consumed daily

Mean species richness consumed daily. Collected through administration of 24hour dietary recall

Time frame: 12 months

Secondary Outcomes

Proportion of women and children reaching EAR of 16 key nutrients

Proportion of women and children reaching EAR of 16 key nutrients. Collected through administration of 24hour dietary recall

Time frame: 12 months

Nutritional Knowledge of Women, score

Nutrition Knowledge Score. Collected through a Questionnaire.

Time frame: 12 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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