Joint Programme for Children, Food Security and Nutrition in Cambodia (WHO, UNICEF, WFP, ILO, FAO, and UNDP funded by the Spanish MDG Fund)
OUTCOME(S):
- Improvement of the nutritional status of children aged 0-24 months and pregnant and lactating women
- Strengthening of the implementation of existing nutrition, food security, and agricultural policies; and development of new policies addressing malnutrition
- Development and management of an integrated food security and nutrition monitoring system
We designed and conducted the evaluation for the 3-year Spanish MDG funded project in four provinces, two intervention and two comparison, among 1800 household. Female caregivers of a child under 5 years of age were surveyed on household food security, food intake of mother and child, water, sanitation and hygiene practices, anthropometry and anaemia status.
Integration of small-scale aquaculture with homestead food production for improved household food security and nutrition in rural Cambodia - (UBC and Helen Keller International (HKI) funded by the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund)
OVERALL OBJECTIVE:
To improve household food security and nutrition outcomes, livelihoods and women’s empowerment through an integrated homestead food production model using an environmentally sustainable approach.
Building on our experience designing and evaluating food security and nutrition interventions in Cambodia, including the results of the Spanish MDG project, we designed and conducted the evaluation survey for a randomized control trial of homestead food production among 900 woman headed households in Prey Veng Province in partnership with HKI. We conducted and reported on the gender analysis for the project as well as food security and dietary diversity as improving women’s empowerment was an objective of the project. HKI’s homestead food production programme has been implemented in numerous countries but this was the first time its effectiveness at achieving key objectives had been evaluated in a randomized control trial.