Clinical trial NCT03336021: Impact Evaluation of Agribusiness Support and Nutrition Services Projects in Upper Egypt
Official title: Impact Evaluation of Agribusiness Support and Nutrition Services Projects in Upper Egypt
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: WITHDRAWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Poverty, Low Income, Food Insecurity, Undernutrition
Lead sponsor: International Food Policy Research Institute
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2017-11-08
Enrollment: 0
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: This project seeks to evaluate the impact of two USAID-funded projects that are implemented in rural Upper Egypt. The first project is the Feed the Future Egypt, Food-Security and Agribusiness Support (FAS) project; the second project is the Improving Maternal, Child Health, and Nutrition Services (IMCHN) project.

The specific study objectives are (1) to estimate the impact of FAS interventions on project outcome indicators-especially on household income (measured by total household expenditure), household food security, and maternal and child nutrition-among farm households; (2) to estimate the effects of IMCHN interventions on maternal and child health and nutrition knowledge among community health workers (CHWs) and among farm households; and (3) to analytically explore potential synergistic effects of FAS and IMCHN interventions on maternal and child nutrition among farm households being exposed to both projects.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria (will follow those of the USAID-funded FAS program). In Oct 2017, known to be:

* Farmers with 10 feddans or less per household
* Farmers who have experience or interest in horticulture production.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Farmers with more than 10 feddans per household
* Farmers with no interest in horticulture production

Primary outcomes:
measure: Household income
timeFrame: After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018)
measure: Household food security
timeFrame: After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Household income
timeFrame: After 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)
measure: Household food security
timeFrame: After 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)
measure: Farm production and output: yields
timeFrame: After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)
measure: Farm production and output: prices
timeFrame: After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)
measure: Farm production and output: home consumption
timeFrame: After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)
measure: Women's Empowerment in Agriculture
timeFrame: After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)
measure: Household dietary diversity
timeFrame: After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)
measure: Women's dietary diversity
timeFrame: After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)
measure: Infant and Young Child Feeding practices
timeFrame: After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)
measure: Child anthropometry: weight
timeFrame: After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)
measure: Child anthropometry: height
timeFrame: After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)
measure: Adult anthropometry: mother
timeFrame: After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)
measure: Adult anthropometry: father
timeFrame: After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)
Other outcomes:
measure: Nutrition and health knowledge of community health workers
timeFrame: After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: IFPRI
name: Clemens Breisinger, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: IFPRI
name: Jose Luis Figueroa, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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