Co-Benefits of Largescale Organic Farming on Human Health

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Open to Recruitment

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

Adults:

1. Engaged in agriculture work defined as any one or more of the following: owning land, harvesting a crop in the past month regardless of land ownership, or earning a daily wage or contract-based wage for agricultural activities. This includes farmers, farm owners, farm workers, field workers, growers, harvesters, packers, graders and sorters, as well as agricultural pesticide handlers (mixers, loaders, cleaners and sprayers).

2. Aged >25 years. Age will be confirmed by directly viewing a government-issued document with the individual’s date of birth.

3. Permanently reside in the selected household. ‘Residence’ will be defined as sleeping in the house on a typical weeknight.

4. Have a child aged <3 years who also resides in the household.

5. Willing to provide informed consent.

Children:

1. Aged <3 years. Age will be confirmed by directly viewing a government-issued document with the individual’s date of birth.

2. Permanently reside in the selected household. ‘Residence’ will be defined as sleeping in the house on a typical weeknight.

3. Parent or legal guardian willing to provide informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

Adults:

1. Plan to move permanently out of the selected household in the next 12 months.

2. Bedridden or mentally challenged.

3. Visible disabilities (eg, physical malformations, blindness, deafness, obvious genetic syndromes).

3. Speak a language other than Telugu.

4. Females: pregnant (by self-report).

5. Already enrolled in a different research study.

6. Unwilling to provide informed consent.

Children:

1. Bedridden or mentally challenged.

2. Visible disabilities (eg, physical malformations, blindness, deafness, obvious genetic syndromes).

3. Already enrolled in a different research study.

4. Parent or legal guardian unwilling to provide informed consent.

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Urinary pesticides <br/ ><br>2. Dietary diversity <br/ ><br>3. Crop yield <br/ ><br>4. Total household incomeTimepoint: 12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adult glycemiaTimepoint: 24 months;Adult kidney functionTimepoint: 24 months;Adult self-reported symptomsTimepoint: 24 months;In children under 3 years - Growth and early developmentTimepoint: 24 months