A Nutrition-Sensitive Agroecology Intervention in Rural Tanzania Increases Children's Dietary Diversity and Household Food Security But Does Not Change Child Anthropometry: Results from a Cluster-Randomized Trial.
Marianne V SantosoRachel N Bezner KerrNeema KassimHaikael MartinElias MtindaPeter NjauKelvin MteiJohn Frederick HoddinottSera L YoungPublished in: The Journal of nutrition (2022)
The magnitude of the intervention's impacts was similar to or larger than that of other nutrition-sensitive interventions that provided more substantial inputs but were not agroecologically focused. These data suggest the untapped potential for nutrition-sensitive agroecological approaches to achieve human health while promoting sustainable agricultural practices.