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The ANGeL pilot project (2015–18) aims to identify actions and investments in agriculture that will help to improve nutrition and empower women. The PRSSP designed this project, which the Bangladesh Ministry of Agriculture and other partners are implementing, which will 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.
The Ministry of Agriculture will use ANGeL data to (1) identify which interventions most effectively increase agricultural diversity, improve nutrition, and promote women’s empowerment; and (2) scale up the most effective interventions all over Bangladesh. ANGeL is the first ministry-led initiative in Bangladesh to use evidence from a randomized controlled trial to design a national program.
ANGeL is jointly funded by USAID and the Bangladesh Government, implemented by the Department of Agricultural Extension, coordinated by the Agricultural Policy Support Unit (APSU), and evaluated by IFPRI-PRSSP.
For more information on ANGeL, please contact IFPRI Country Representative and ANGeL Project Lead Akhter Ahmed.
Publication – Comparing delivery channels to promote nutrition-sensitive agriculture: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh
In July 2023, IFPRI researchers published the open access article, "Comparing delivery channels to promote nutrition-sensitive agriculture: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh" in Food Security. Abstract We use a randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh to compare two models of delivering nutrition content jointly to husbands and wives: deploying female nutrition workers versus mostly […]
Publication – Diets of Men and Women in Rural Bangladesh Are Equitable but Suboptimal
In July 2023, IFPRI researchers published the open access article, "Diets of Men and Women in Rural Bangladesh Are Equitable but Suboptimal" in Current Developments in Nutrition. Abstract Background Recent evidence suggests that diet inequities between men and women may have diminished within rural Bangladeshi households. However, this has not been directly tested with appropriate […]
Blog – Improving nutrition in Bangladesh farming households
As part of IFPRI's monthly series "Making a Difference," we showcase the impacts of the IFPRI-designed and Ministry-led Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL) pilot project in Bangladesh in an interactive blog. Motivated by ANGeL's positive impacts, the Ministry of Agriculture approved scaling up the program nationwide. This represents the first time any government agency […]
Transforming Agrifood Systems to Improve Nutrition in Secondary Cities: The Role of Women
Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) organized a roundtable discussion regarding the role of women in transforming agrifood systems to improve nutrition in secondary cities on 9 March 2023. The event was hosted by Nutrition in City Ecosystem (NICE), a project of Swiss public and private consortium of Swiss TPH, ETH Zurich, Sight and Life […]
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