Trial reportMaternal & child nutrition2018
An agriculture-nutrition intervention improved children's diet and growth in a randomized trial in Ghana.
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- The impact of nutritional interventions targeting infants and children in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness of interventions on nutrition social behaviour change communication in improving child nutritional status within the first 1000 days: Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Nutrition-sensitive agriculture programs increase dietary diversity in children under 5 years: A review and meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2022Pooled it
- Community-level interventions for improving access to food in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Community-level interventions for improving access to food in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Impact of a Homestead Food Production program on poultry rearing and egg consumption: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh.Maternal & child nutrition · 2023Trial
- Effect of nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions with participatory videos and women's group meetings on maternal and child nutritional outcomes in rural Odisha, India (UPAVAN trial): a four-arm, observer-blind, cluster-randomised controlled trial.The Lancet. Planetary health · 2021Trial
- Impacts of an egg complementary feeding trial on energy intake and dietary diversity in Malawi.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Trial
- Behavior Change Interventions Delivered through Interpersonal Communication, Agricultural Activities, Community Mobilization, and Mass Media Increase Complementary Feeding Practices and Reduce Child Stunting in Ethiopia.The Journal of nutrition · 2019Trial
- An agriculture-nutrition intervention improved children's diet and growth in a randomized trial in Ghana.Maternal & child nutrition · 2018Trial
- Home gardening and fruit and vegetable intake in rural settlements in Northeast Hungary.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The effect of home gardening on vegetable and fruit consumption: a pre-post intervention study in Northeast Hungary.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of Elements of Social Behavior Change Activities in Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Programs: A Systematic Review.Current developments in nutrition · 2024Review
- Exploring the benefits of nature-based interventions in socio-economically deprived communities: a narrative review of the evidence to date.Perspectives in public health · 2023Review
- The impact of livestock interventions on nutritional outcomes of children younger than 5 years old and women in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Review
- Participating in a Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Intervention Is Not Associated with Less Maternal Time for Care in a Rural Ghanaian District.Current developments in nutrition · 2022Article
- The Association of Women's Participation in Farmer-Based Organizations with Female and Male Empowerment and its Implication for Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Interventions in Rural Ghana.Current developments in nutrition · 2022Article
- Growing and Learning Together in Fostering Multisectoral Participation for Sustaining Interventions: Lessons from 3 Successive Integrated Multidisciplinary Interventions in Rural Ghana.Current developments in nutrition · 2022Article
- Maternal Participation Level in a Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Intervention Matters for Child Diet and Growth Outcomes in Rural Ghana.Current developments in nutrition · 2022Article
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Abstract
Stunting in Ghana is associated with rural communities, poverty, and low education; integrated agricultural interventions can address the problem. This cluster randomized controlled trial tested the effect of a 12-month intervention (inputs and training for poultry farming and home gardening, and nutrition and health education) on child diet and nutritional status. Sixteen clusters were identified and randomly assigned to intervention or control; communities within clusters were randomly chosen, and all interested, eligible mother-child pairs were enrolled (intervention: 8 clusters, 19 communities, and 287 households; control: 8 clusters, 20 communities, and 213 households). Intention-to-treat analyses were used to estimate the effect of the intervention on endline minimum diet diversity (≥4 food groups), consumption of eggs, and length-for-age (LAZ)/height-for-age (HAZ), weight-for-age (WAZ), and weight-for-length (WLZ)/weight-for-height (WHZ) z-scores; standard errors were corrected for clustering. Children were 10.5 ± 5.2 months (range: 0-32) at baseline and 29.8 ± 5.4 months (range: 13-48) at endline. Compared with children in the control group, children in the intervention group met minimum diet diversity (adjusted odds ratio = 1.65, 95% CI [1.02, 2.69]) and a higher LAZ/HAZ (β = 0.22, 95% CI [0.09, 0.34]) and WAZ (β = 0.15, 95% CI [0.00, 0.30]). Sensitivity analyses with random-effects and mixed-effects models and as-treated analysis were consistent with the findings. There was no group difference in WLZ/WHZ. Integrated interventions that increase access to high-quality foods and nutrition education improve child nutrition.
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