Food Security and Nutrition in Rural Cambodia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Household Food Security
• Interventions: Behavioral: Homestead Food Production plus small pond aquaculture; Behavioral: plant-based Homestead Food Production; Behavioral: a comparison group

• Registration Number: NCT01593423
• Lead Sponsor: University of British Columbia

Brief Summary

The project is a three arm randomized control trial in rural Cambodia designed to evaluate the impact of homestead food production (home gardens) with and without fish ponds versus control on household food security, dietary intake of women and youngest child, biochemical nutritional status of women, and household livelihoods over a 22 month period. Baseline and end line surveys will be conducted that involve questionnaires and a blood sample.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2012-04-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-05-04
• Study First Posted: 2012-05-08
• Study Start: 2012-06
• Primary Completion: 2014-08
• Study Completion: 2014-08
• Status Verified: 2016-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-05-08
• Last Update Posted: 2023-05-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 900

Inclusion Criteria

• Must be represented by a woman.
• Must fall within the "poor" category in terms of community wealth rankings.
• Must have access to land (including homestead) for agriculture cultivation.
• Must have sufficient access to labor to undertake the homestead production activities.
• Must have a keen interest in participating in this action.
• Must have a least one child less than five years of age (in 80% of the target households).
• Have suitable land for pond and preferably own a small pond

In addition village model farm owners will:

• Have at least 1,200 square meters of land that can be used to establish the model farm;
• Have some disposable income to invest in the model farm for fencing and land preparation;
• Be productive, open to new ideas and willing to provide assistance to other households in the village;
• Be able and willing to maintain the VMF throughout the year;
• Commit to providing inputs and marketing support to group members at least during the project.

Exclusion Criteria

• None, only that they don't meet the inclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Homestead Food Production plus small pond aquaculture	Homestead Food Production plus small pond aquaculture	-
plant-based Homestead Food Production	plant-based Homestead Food Production	-
Control	a comparison group	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from Baseline in nutritionally related biochemical measures at 22 months	At baseline and 22 months	Haemoglobin (g/l) Haematocrit (%) Serum Ferritin (ng/ml) White Cell Count (x109/l) Red Cell Count (x1012/l) Mean Corpuscular Volume (fl) Mean Cell Haemoglobin (pg) Red Cell Width % Platelet Count (x109/l) Neutrophils % Eosinophils % Lymphocytes % Monocytes % Neutrophils # (x109/l) Eosinophils # (x109/l) Lymphocytes # (x109/l) Monocytes # (x109/l) C-Reactive Protein (mg/l)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Household Food Security Scale	At baseline and 22 months
24-hour dietary recall	At baseline and 22 months
Mid-upper arm circumference	At baseline and 22 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Rural Cambodia; 🇰🇭 Phnom Penh, Prey Veng, Cambodia