Impact Evaluation of Agribusiness Support and Nutrition Services Projects in Upper Egypt
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Primary Endpoint
- Household food security
Study Overview
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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Non Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking Description
Enumerators will be blinded (to the extent possible) to the treatment assignment of farmers.
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
- •Farmers with more than 10 feddans per household
- •Farmers with no interest in horticulture production
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Household food security
Time Frame: After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018)
Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS)
Household income
Time Frame: After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018)
household income measured through household total (and food) expenditure
Secondary Outcomes
- Household income(After 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019))
- 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))
- Farm production and output: yields(After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019))
- Farm production and output: prices(After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019))
- 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))
- Women's Empowerment in Agriculture(After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019))
- Child anthropometry: weight(After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019))
- Child anthropometry: height(After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019))
- Household food security(After 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019))
- Household dietary diversity(After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019))
- Women's dietary diversity(After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019))
- Adult anthropometry: mother(After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019))
- Adult anthropometry: father(After 5 to 6 months of exposure (april 2018) and after 17 to 18 months of exposure (april 2019))