Description
The ANGeL pilot project (2015–18) is a randomized controlled trial that identified actions and investments in agriculture to improve farm household income, enhance nutrition, and empower women. The PRSSP designed this project, which the Bangladesh Ministry of Agriculture and other partners implemented, to evaluate the impact of 3 types of interventions for promoting nutrition and gender-sensitive agriculture:
- Agriculture Production—Facilitating the production of the high-value food commodities rich in essential nutrients through the diversification of crops, livestock, and the like.
- Nutrition Knowledge—Conducting high-quality training in behavior-change communication to improve people’s knowledge of nutrition.
- Gender Sensitization—Undertaking activities to empower women and raise their status while encouraging gender parity.
Helen Keller International (HKI) provided technical assistance. For more information, please contact the Principal Investigator Akhter Ahmed.
RELATED PUBLICATIONS
Empowering women in agriculture: The role of the WEAI in Bangladesh
Ahmed, Akhter; Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Malapit, Hazel J.; Ghostlaw, Julie. 2023
Series: WEAI Applications and Insights
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index; G Cross-cutting gender theme; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL); BIHS
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA
Ahmed, Akhter; Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Malapit, Hazel J.; Ghostlaw, Julie. 2023
Series: WEAI Applications and Insights
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index; G Cross-cutting gender theme; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL); BIHS
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA
Brief
Increasing production diversity and diet quality through agriculture, gender, and nutrition linkages: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh
Ahmed, Akhter; Coleman, Fiona; Ghostlaw, Julie; Hoddinott, John F.; Menon, Purnima; Parvin, Aklima; Pereira, Audrey; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Roy, Shalini; Younus, Masuma. 2022
Series: IFPRI Discussion Paper
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; DCA; CRP2; CRP4; GAAP; PRSSP; 2 Promoting Healthy Diets and Nutrition for all; G Cross-cutting gender theme; Capacity Strengthening; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL)
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA
Ahmed, Akhter; Coleman, Fiona; Ghostlaw, Julie; Hoddinott, John F.; Menon, Purnima; Parvin, Aklima; Pereira, Audrey; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Roy, Shalini; Younus, Masuma. 2022
Series: IFPRI Discussion Paper
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; DCA; CRP2; CRP4; GAAP; PRSSP; 2 Promoting Healthy Diets and Nutrition for all; G Cross-cutting gender theme; Capacity Strengthening; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL)
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA
Discussion paper
Can agricultural development projects empower women? A synthesis of mixed methods evaluations using pro-WEAI in the gender, agriculture, and assets project (phase 2) portfolio
Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Malapit, Hazel J.; Seymour, Greg; Heckert, Jessica; Doss, Cheryl; Johnson, Nancy; Rubin, Deborah; Thai, Giang; Ramani, Gayathri V.; Myers, Emily; GAAP2 for pro-WEAI Study Team. 2022
Series: IFPRI Discussion Paper
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; CRP2; CRP4; GAAP; Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index; DCA; G Cross-cutting gender theme; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL); PRSSP
Countries/Regions:SOUTH ASIA; WEST AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA; AFRICA; EAST AFRICA
Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Malapit, Hazel J.; Seymour, Greg; Heckert, Jessica; Doss, Cheryl; Johnson, Nancy; Rubin, Deborah; Thai, Giang; Ramani, Gayathri V.; Myers, Emily; GAAP2 for pro-WEAI Study Team. 2022
Series: IFPRI Discussion Paper
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; CRP2; CRP4; GAAP; Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index; DCA; G Cross-cutting gender theme; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL); PRSSP
Countries/Regions:SOUTH ASIA; WEST AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA; AFRICA; EAST AFRICA
Discussion paper
Comparing delivery channels to promote nutrition-sensitive agriculture: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh
Ahmed, Akhter; Coleman, Fiona; Hoddinott, John F.; Menon, Purnima; Parvin, Aklima; Pereira, Audrey; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Roy, Shalini. 2022
Series: IFPRI Discussion Paper
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; CRP2; Capacity Strengthening; 2 Promoting Healthy Diets and Nutrition for all; Cross-cutting gender theme; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL); PRSSP
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA
Ahmed, Akhter; Coleman, Fiona; Hoddinott, John F.; Menon, Purnima; Parvin, Aklima; Pereira, Audrey; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Roy, Shalini. 2022
Series: IFPRI Discussion Paper
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; CRP2; Capacity Strengthening; 2 Promoting Healthy Diets and Nutrition for all; Cross-cutting gender theme; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL); PRSSP
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA
Discussion paper
Designing for empowerment impact in agricultural development projects: Experimental evidence from the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL) project in Bangladesh
Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Ahmed, Akhter; Hoddinott, John F.; Pereira, Audrey; Roy, Shalini. 2020
Series: IFPRI Discussion Paper
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; CRP4; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL); GAAP; PRSSP; G Cross-cutting gender theme; CRP2
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA
Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Ahmed, Akhter; Hoddinott, John F.; Pereira, Audrey; Roy, Shalini. 2020
Series: IFPRI Discussion Paper
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; CRP4; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL); GAAP; PRSSP; G Cross-cutting gender theme; CRP2
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA
Discussion paper
Diversifying rice-centric agriculture and diets: The Bangladesh experience
Ahmed, Akhter; Ghostlaw, Julie. 2019
Series:
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI2; CRP2; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL); PRSSP
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA
Ahmed, Akhter; Ghostlaw, Julie. 2019
Series:
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI2; CRP2; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL); PRSSP
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA
Book chapter
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL)
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2018
Series:
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; PRSSP; CRP4; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL)
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2018
Series:
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; PRSSP; CRP4; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL)
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA
Brochure
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL) evaluation results
Ahmed, Akhter; Hoddinott, John; Menon, Purnima; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Roy, Shalini; Younus, Masuma. 2018
Series:
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; PRSSP; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL); 2 Promoting Healthy Diets and Nutrition for all
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA
Ahmed, Akhter; Hoddinott, John; Menon, Purnima; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Roy, Shalini; Younus, Masuma. 2018
Series:
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; PRSSP; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL); 2 Promoting Healthy Diets and Nutrition for all
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA
Report
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages
(ANGeL) Baseline Study
Ahmed, Akhter; Ghostlaw, Julie; Haque, Md. Latiful; Hossain, Nusrat Z.; Parvin, Aklima; Sufian, Farha D.; Tauseef, Salauddin. 2017
Series:
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; CRP4; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL); PRSSP
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA
Ahmed, Akhter; Ghostlaw, Julie; Haque, Md. Latiful; Hossain, Nusrat Z.; Parvin, Aklima; Sufian, Farha D.; Tauseef, Salauddin. 2017
Series:
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; CRP4; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL); PRSSP
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA
Technical report
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