Economic evaluation of an enhanced homestead food production intervention for undernutrition in women and children in rural Cambodia

Nick Dragojlovic; Kristina D. Michaux; Najma A. Moumin; Kathy H. Li; Zaman Talukder; Kroeun Hou; Gary Mundy; Ame Stormer; Rem Ngik; Tim J. Green; Larry D. Lynd

doi:10.1016/j.gfs.2019.100335

Economic evaluation of an enhanced homestead food production intervention for undernutrition in women and children in rural Cambodia

Nick Dragojlovic, Kristina D. Michaux, Najma A. Moumin, Kathy H. Li, Zaman Talukder, Kroeun Hou, Gary Mundy, Ame Stormer, Rem Ngik, Tim J. Green, Larry D. Lynd

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The Family Farms for the Future project has field-tested an enhanced homestead food production (EHFP) program to improve food security and nutritional status of subsistence farming households in south-east Asia. We report the estimated cost of delivering the program over ten-years in rural Cambodia, as well as the estimated monetary value of increased agricultural production and improvements in child health. Our analysis suggests that this type of EHFP program could not only improve child health but also result in a positive societal net monetary benefit due to increased agricultural production. However, because these estimates are dependent on many assumptions (e.g. that program oversight and delivery continue over ten years), readers should carefully consider their generalizability to new contexts.

Original language	English
Article number	100335
Number of pages	8
Journal	Global Food Security
Volume	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2019.100335
Publication status	Published - Mar 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Child health
Cost-benefit analysis
Cost-consequence analysis
Economic evaluation
Homestead food production
Undernutrition
Vitamin A deficiency
Zinc deficiency

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