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
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
400
Component 1 - Participatory Identification of Intervention Approach (PIIA) Component 2. Local stakeholder consultation Component 3. Sensitisation of community Diversity club will receive capacity building from a Village health worker based on the prioritised species selected in component 2. The following topics will be covered for each 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 5. Possible intercropping combinations OR ecosystem services provided Component 4. Active Cooking demonstrations and Nutrition Education and counselling: Diversified cooking practices
Unnamed facility
Mai Sơn, Sơn La Province, Vietnam
Consumption of nutrient rich food groups
Mean intakes (g) of Dark Green leafy vegetables, Vitamin A Rich Fruit and Vegetable and Legumes, nuts and seeds by mothers and young children.
Time frame: 24 months
Consumption of nutrient rich food groups
Proportion of women and children consuming 3 Dark Green leafy vegetables, Vitamin A Rich Fruit and Vegetable and Legumes, nuts and seeds by mothers and young children.
Time frame: 24 months
dietary quality
Proportion of women and children reaching estimated average requirement (EAR) of iron and vitamin A
Time frame: 24 months
Mean species richness consumed
Mean species richness consumed
Time frame: 24 months
Food and nutrient intake
Proportion of women and children reaching EAR of 16 key nutrients
Time frame: 24 months
Nutritional Knowledge of Women
Mean score from a set of nutrient and food specific questions
Time frame: 24 months
Individual Dietary Diversity Score
Individual Dietary Diversity Score by women and children
Time frame: 24 months
Minimum Dietary Diversity
Proportion of women and children that consumed 5 or more food groups (out of 10)
Time frame: 24 months
nutritional status
Mean change from baseline in height-for-age Z-scores Mean change from baseline in weight-for-height Z-scores
Time frame: 24 months
Women's Empowerment
Decision making power on selection of species to cultivate, use at homestead and time spent
Time frame: 24 months
Consumption of processed foods and drinks
Mean daily intakes (g) of processed foods and drinks Mean proportion of daily energy, fat, salt and sugar intakes from processed foods
Time frame: 24 months
income
Household Income from sale of home garden species, agriculture, off-farm employment
Time frame: 24 months
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