Impact Evaluation of Agribusiness Support and Nutrition Services Projects in Upper Egypt

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• Conditions: Poverty, Low Income, Food Insecurity, Undernutrition
• Interventions: Other: FAS program

• Registration Number: NCT03336021
• Lead Sponsor: International Food Policy Research Institute

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.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-10-26
• Status Verified: 2017-11
• Study Start: 2017-11-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-11-03
• Study First Posted: 2017-11-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-05-06
• Last Update Posted: 2018-05-11
• Primary Completion: 2019-04
• Study Completion: 2019-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: WITHDRAWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

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

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	FAS program	FAS program

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Household food security	After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018)	Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS)
Household income	After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018)	household income measured through household total (and food) expenditure

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Household income	After 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)	household income measured through household total (and food) expenditure
Infant and Young Child Feeding practices	After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)	IYCF practices as measured using the WHO IYCF guidelines
Farm production and output: yields	After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)	Harvested yields
Farm production and output: prices	After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)	Selling prices
Farm production and output: home consumption	After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)	Home consumption
Women's Empowerment in Agriculture	After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)	Women's level of empowerment in agriculture-related decision making
Child anthropometry: weight	After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)	weight of children 0-23.9 months (baseline), 24-59.9 months (baseline)
Child anthropometry: height	After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)	height and weight of children 0-23.9 months (baseline), 24-59.9 months (baseline)
Household food security	After 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)	Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS)
Household dietary diversity	After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)	Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS)
Women's dietary diversity	After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)	Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W) score
Adult anthropometry: mother	After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)	weight of mother / female caretaker
Adult anthropometry: father	After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019)	weight of father / household head