Trial reportMaternal & child nutrition2021
Home gardening improves dietary diversity, a cluster-randomized controlled trial among Tanzanian women.
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- Impact pathways of a homestead food production programme on women's dietary diversity in Bangladesh.Nature food · 2026Trial
- Effects of a community gardening intervention on diet, physical activity, and anthropometry outcomes in the USA (CAPS): an observer-blind, randomised controlled trial.The Lancet. Planetary health · 2023Trial
- Home gardening improves dietary diversity, a cluster-randomized controlled trial among Tanzanian women.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Trial
- 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
- Geospatial variation and risk factors for malnutrition among postpartum women in rural Bangladesh.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Community-driven strategies for preventing childhood stunting: perspectives from parents and front-line workers in Rwanda.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- The local food system and dietary diversity among children aged 6-23 months in Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional survey.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Prevalence of stunting and its associated factors among children 24 to 59 months of age in Gondar Zuria District, Northwest Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effect of Nutrition Interventions on the Dietary Diversity Status Among Pregnant Women in Ethiopia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
- Impact of Intervention Strategies on Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Low-, Middle- and High-Income Countries: A Scoping Review.Food and nutrition bulletin · 2025Article
- A Global and Some National Perspectives on the Current Evidence of Interventions on Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries.Food and nutrition bulletin · 2025Article
- The Association Between an Individual's Local Food Environment and Diet Quality among Postpartum Women Living in Rural Bangladesh.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- Food consumption score and the Nexus of maternal nutritional status among pregnant women in Gamo Zone, South Ethiopia.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Perception of diet, dietary practices and sources of dietary information among people with type 2 diabetes followed up at a tertiary care outpatient clinic: a qualitative study.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of Elements of Social Behavior Change Activities in Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Programs: A Systematic Review.Current developments in nutrition · 2024Review
- Dietary diversity practice and its associated factors among pregnant women in Eastern Ethiopia: A community-based cross-sectional study.Food science & nutrition · 2024Article
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- Disparities in health and nutrition between semi-urban and rural mothers and birth outcomes of their newborns in Bukavu, DR Congo: a baseline assessment.Primary health care research & development · 2023Article
- Effect of enhanced nutrition services with community-based nutrition services on the diet quality of young children in Ethiopia.Maternal & child nutrition · 2023Article
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Abstract
Homestead food production (HFP) programmes improve the availability of vegetables by providing training in growing nutrient-dense crops. In rural Tanzania, most foods consumed are carbohydrate-rich staples with low micronutrient concentrations. This cluster-randomized controlled trial investigated whether women growing home gardens have higher dietary diversity, household food security or probability of consuming nutrient-rich food groups than women in a control group. We enrolled 1,006 women of reproductive age in 10 villages in Pwani Region in eastern Tanzania, split between intervention (INT) and control (CON) groups. INT received (a) agricultural training and inputs to promote HFP and dietary diversity and (b) nutrition and public health counselling from agricultural extension workers and community health workers. CON received standard services provided by agriculture and health workers. Results were analysed using linear regression models with propensity weighting adjusting for individual-level confounders and differential loss to follow up. Women in INT consumed 0.50 (95% CI [0.20, 0.80], p = 0.001) more food groups per day than women in CON. Women in INT were also 14 percentage points (95% CI [6, 22], p = 0.001) more likely to consume at least five food groups per day, and INT households were 6 percentage points (95% CI [-13, 0], p = 0.059) less likely to experience moderate-to-severe food insecurity compared with CON. This home gardening intervention had positive effects on diet quality and food security after 1 year. Future research should explore whether impact is sustained over time as well as the effects of home garden interventions on additional measures of nutritional status.
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