Agriculture Nutrition and Gender Linkages (ANGeL)

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.

ANGeL: Project Detail

STATUS: Completed

DURATION: 2015-2018

FUNDING: United States Agency for International Development (USAID); Bangladesh Ministry of Agriculture

PARTNER(S): Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), Agricultural Policy Support Unit (APSU), Ministry of Agriculture; Helen Keller International (HKI); Data Analysis and Technical Assistance (DATA)

IFPRI Bangladesh Projects

IFPRI has over four decades of experience conducting research and outreach in Bangladesh. IFPRI has undertaken rigorous evaluations using randomized controlled trials of several programs in Bangladesh, including Alive & Thrive, IFPRI-WFP’s Transfer Modality Research Initiative (TMRI), and the IFPRI-designed and Ministry-led Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL) project. IFPRI has also designed and conducted large-scale household surveys like the Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey and has proven capacity to administer rapid yet rigorous phone surveys amid the pandemic.

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