Food and Agricultural Approaches to Reducing Malnutrition (FAARM): protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a Homestead Food Production programme on undernutrition in rural Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Chronic undernutrition affects over 150 million children worldwide and has serious consequences. The causes are complex and include insufficient dietary diversity and poor hygiene practices. Systematic reviews of nutrition-sensitive agricultural interventions concluded that while these hold promise, there is insufficient evidence for their impact on child growth. The Food and Agricultural Approaches to Reducing Malnutrition (FAARM) project is a 1:1 cluster-randomised trial aiming to evaluate the impact of a Homestead Food Production (HFP) programme implemented by Helen Keller International on women's and children's undernutrition.

Methods and analysis

The HFP intervention comprises training of women's groups and asset distribution to support year-round home gard

SUBMITTER: Wendt AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6615849 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature