Landscape analysis of early childhood development and agriculture in Bangladesh, Kenya, Peru, Rwanda, and Sri Lanka

In low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), 40% of pre-school-aged children have poor development, which undermines educational attainment and earnings later in life. To reach their full developmental potential, children require adequate nutrition, good health, responsive care, and opportunities for...

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Autores principales: McCann, Juliet, Sproule, Katie, Bliznashka, Lilia, Olney, Deanna K.
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137342
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author McCann, Juliet
Sproule, Katie
Bliznashka, Lilia
Olney, Deanna K.
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description In low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), 40% of pre-school-aged children have poor development, which undermines educational attainment and earnings later in life. To reach their full developmental potential, children require adequate nutrition, good health, responsive care, and opportunities for early learning. Early childhood development (ECD) interventions can mitigate multiple risk factors related to responsive care and opportunities for early learning, whereas agricultural interventions can mitigate health and nutrition risk factors. In addition, organic farming and agroecological interventions more broadly can promote ECD by reducing pesticide exposure, a known environmental risk factor for poor ECD. Despite this potential of individual interventions to promote and protect ECD, evidence is lacking on the potential additive or synergistic effects of combining agricultural and ECD interventions. Moreover, little is known about the acceptability and feasibility of combining agricultural and ECD interventions among different stakeholders (e.g., beneficiaries, implementers). To date, most agricultural and ECD interventions to promote and protect child outcomes in LMICs have largely been conducted in rural settings. Thus, little is known about what the design of these types of interventions could look like in urban and peri-urban settings.
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spelling CGSpace1373422025-11-06T07:32:12Z Landscape analysis of early childhood development and agriculture in Bangladesh, Kenya, Peru, Rwanda, and Sri Lanka McCann, Juliet Sproule, Katie Bliznashka, Lilia Olney, Deanna K. child development education nutrition agricultural development In low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), 40% of pre-school-aged children have poor development, which undermines educational attainment and earnings later in life. To reach their full developmental potential, children require adequate nutrition, good health, responsive care, and opportunities for early learning. Early childhood development (ECD) interventions can mitigate multiple risk factors related to responsive care and opportunities for early learning, whereas agricultural interventions can mitigate health and nutrition risk factors. In addition, organic farming and agroecological interventions more broadly can promote ECD by reducing pesticide exposure, a known environmental risk factor for poor ECD. Despite this potential of individual interventions to promote and protect ECD, evidence is lacking on the potential additive or synergistic effects of combining agricultural and ECD interventions. Moreover, little is known about the acceptability and feasibility of combining agricultural and ECD interventions among different stakeholders (e.g., beneficiaries, implementers). To date, most agricultural and ECD interventions to promote and protect child outcomes in LMICs have largely been conducted in rural settings. Thus, little is known about what the design of these types of interventions could look like in urban and peri-urban settings. 2023 2024-01-08T18:31:36Z 2024-01-08T18:31:36Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137342 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute McCann, Juliet; Sproule, Katie; Olney, Deanna; and Bliznashka, Lilia. 2023. Landscape analysis of early childhood development and agriculture in Bangladesh, Kenya, Peru, Rwanda, and Sri Lanka. Resilient Cities - Agriculture and Early Child Development, Project Note 1. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137342
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Sproule, Katie
Bliznashka, Lilia
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Landscape analysis of early childhood development and agriculture in Bangladesh, Kenya, Peru, Rwanda, and Sri Lanka
title Landscape analysis of early childhood development and agriculture in Bangladesh, Kenya, Peru, Rwanda, and Sri Lanka
title_full Landscape analysis of early childhood development and agriculture in Bangladesh, Kenya, Peru, Rwanda, and Sri Lanka
title_fullStr Landscape analysis of early childhood development and agriculture in Bangladesh, Kenya, Peru, Rwanda, and Sri Lanka
title_full_unstemmed Landscape analysis of early childhood development and agriculture in Bangladesh, Kenya, Peru, Rwanda, and Sri Lanka
title_short Landscape analysis of early childhood development and agriculture in Bangladesh, Kenya, Peru, Rwanda, and Sri Lanka
title_sort landscape analysis of early childhood development and agriculture in bangladesh kenya peru rwanda and sri lanka
topic child development
education
nutrition
agricultural development
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137342
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