The impact of an integrated value chain intervention on household poultry production in Burkina Faso: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial

Abstract

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A Poultry Value Chain Intervention Promoting Diversified Diets Has Limited Impact on Maternal and Child Diet Adequacy during the Lean Season in a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

“…Further evidence from implementation research on poultry‐for‐nutrition projects, including asset transfers in 4 African countries, recognized that practices are challenging to increase, including egg consumption, as well as best poultry‐rearing practices and productivity ( 37 ). This seemed to be the case for SELEVER, as households exposed to the intervention significantly increased their use of poultry inputs and reported higher revenue; however, there was no evidence of an increase in profits in the lean season ( 16 ). Therefore, we expected the impact of the intervention on diet during the lean season to be lower bounds of the potential effectiveness of the BCC intervention during the postharvest season, when household economic resources are less constrained.…”

“…Minimum acceptable diet in children aged 6–23 mo ( 23 ) was defined as the primary outcome in the cross-sectional IYC samples. Household poultry production, sales, and profits were the remaining primary outcomes of this study and were published separately ( 16 ).…”

“…This article draws on the prespecified analysis of data from a subsample of the Soutenir l'Exploitation Familiale pour Lancer l’Élevage des Volailles et Valoriser l’Économie Rurale (SELEVER) trial and focuses on the diet-related primary outcomes of the trial ( 15 ). The results on the other primary outcomes (poultry production and marketing) in the lean season have been published separately ( 16 ).…”