IFPRI launches an intensive one-month survey enumerator training to prepare for the ANGeL endline survey.
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.
ANGeL Baseline Seminar
IFPRI successfully brings together stakeholders for key baseline findings.
Non-rice crops not farmers’ favourite
Inconsistent prices and high perishability of non-rice crops force farmers to depend on rice cultivation, which causes low agricultural and dietary diversity, said a recent study. The low diversities create barriers to ensure proper nutrition and resist children's birth related complexities, like stunting and low birth weight, said the study revealed at a seminar organised […]
International Women’s Day 2017: Evidence from Bangladesh
This International Women's Day, IFPRI takes a deep dive into drivers of women's disempowerment in Bangladesh - and how we are designing and evaluating programs that are going against the grain.
ANGeL Baseline Seminar
IFPRI-PRSSP, in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, will convene a seminar to disseminate findings from the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL) baseline survey. ANGeL's baseline was conducted for 4,000 households in 16 districts across Bangladesh from late 2015 to early 2016. It collected unique data, including individual dietary intake data for all household members, anthropometric measurements for all […]