UPAVAN- Community-driven and Digital Technology-enabled Agriculture Intervention for Nutrition

Project Funded by: BMGF, DFID and USAID

Research Team: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; University College London and DCOR

 (UPAVAN: Up-scaling participatory action and videos for agriculture and nutrition) (Continuing)

Community-driven and Digital Technology-enabled Agriculture Intervention for Nutrition:  A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Odisha, India

Program Team: Digital Green; VARRAT; Ekjut and SPRING

Study Components

1. Baseline survey of mothers and children under two years of age (includes Hb and Anthropometry measurements) (CAPI based)
2. Process Evaluation (Qualitative) of UPAVAN (in two rounds)
3. Other smaller studies
4. Endline survey of mothers and children under two years of age (includes Hb and Anthropometry measurements) (CAPI based)
5. Diet Survey of mothers and children under two years of age at endline (CAPI based)

Three Key New Inovations:

1. Strengthening agriculture extension system
2. Use of digital platforms –participatory-videos
3. Participatory women’s groups

Impact pathways (and intermediate outcomes):

1.Agricultural production   →  Nutrition

2.Household income     →  Nutrition

3.Women’ s workload     →  Nutrition

4.Women’ s decision-making power  →    Nutrition

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