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NCT Number: NCT01593423

Food Security and Nutrition in Rural Cambodia

The project is a three arm randomized control trial in rural Cambodia designed to evaluate the impact of homestead food production (home gardens) with and without fish ponds versus control on household food security, dietary intake of women and youngest child, biochemical nutritional status of women, and household livelihoods over a 22 month period. Baseline and end line surveys will be conducted that involve questionnaires and a blood sample.

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Key information

Conditions

Household Food Security

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Rural Cambodia

Phnom Penh, Prey Veng, Cambodia

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Must be represented by a woman.
  • Must fall within the "poor" category in terms of community wealth rankings.
  • Must have access to land (including homestead) for agriculture cultivation.
  • Must have sufficient access to labor to undertake the homestead production activities.
  • Must have a keen interest in participating in this action.
  • Must have a least one child less than five years of age (in 80% of the target households).
  • Have suitable land for pond and preferably own a small pond

In addition village model farm owners will:

  • Have at least 1,200 square meters of land that can be used to establish the model farm;
  • Have some disposable income to invest in the model farm for fencing and land preparation;
  • Be productive, open to new ideas and willing to provide assistance to other households in the village;
  • Be able and willing to maintain the VMF throughout the year;
  • Commit to providing inputs and marketing support to group members at least during the project.

Exclusion criteria

  • None, only that they don't meet the inclusion criteria

Treatment and study plan

plant-based Homestead Food Production

Behavioral

The village model farm will be provided with the necessary inputs to establish their farm including saplings seeds etc.

Homestead Food Production plus small pond aquaculture

Behavioral

In the case of the aquaculture arm a pond will be dug if there is not an existing pond and fingerlings and brood stocks will be provided. Hatcheries will be established if there is not one within a reasonable distance of the farms.

a comparison group

Behavioral

No intervention.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from Baseline in nutritionally related biochemical measures at 22 months

    Time frame: At baseline and 22 months

    Haemoglobin (g/l) Haematocrit (%) Serum Ferritin (ng/ml) White Cell Count (x109/l) Red Cell Count (x1012/l) Mean Corpuscular Volume (fl) Mean Cell Haemoglobin (pg) Red Cell Width % Platelet Count (x109/l) Neutrophils % Eosinophils % Lymphocytes % Monocytes % Neutrophils # (x109/l) Eosinophils # (x109/l) Lymphocytes # (x109/l) Monocytes # (x109/l) C-Reactive Protein (mg/l)

Secondary outcomes

  1. 24-hour dietary recall

    Time frame: At baseline and 22 months

  2. Mid-upper arm circumference

    Time frame: At baseline and 22 months

  3. Household Food Security Scale

    Time frame: At baseline and 22 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of British Columbia

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Integration of Small-scale Aquaculture With Homestead Food Production for Improved Household Food Security and Nutrition in Rural Cambodia

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2014
First posted
May 8, 2012
Registry last updated
May 10, 2023

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