Food systems interventions for nutrition: Lessons from 6 program evaluations in Africa and South Asia
While there is growing global momentum behind food systems strategies to improve planetary and human health—including nutrition—there is limited evidence of what types of food systems interventions work. Evaluating these types of interventions is challenging due to their complex and dynamic nature a...
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| author | Neufeld, Lynnette M. Nordhagen, Stella Leroy, Jef L. Aberman, Noora-Lisa Barnett, Inka Wouabe, Eric Djimeu Girard, Amy Webb Gonzalez, Wendy Levin, Carol E. Mbuya, Mduduzi N. N. Nakasone, Eduardo Dhillon, Christina Nyhus Prescott, Dave Smith, Matt Tschirley, David |
| author_browse | Aberman, Noora-Lisa Barnett, Inka Dhillon, Christina Nyhus Girard, Amy Webb Gonzalez, Wendy Leroy, Jef L. Levin, Carol E. Mbuya, Mduduzi N. N. Nakasone, Eduardo Neufeld, Lynnette M. Nordhagen, Stella Prescott, Dave Smith, Matt Tschirley, David Wouabe, Eric Djimeu |
| author_facet | Neufeld, Lynnette M. Nordhagen, Stella Leroy, Jef L. Aberman, Noora-Lisa Barnett, Inka Wouabe, Eric Djimeu Girard, Amy Webb Gonzalez, Wendy Levin, Carol E. Mbuya, Mduduzi N. N. Nakasone, Eduardo Dhillon, Christina Nyhus Prescott, Dave Smith, Matt Tschirley, David |
| author_sort | Neufeld, Lynnette M. |
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| description | While there is growing global momentum behind food systems strategies to improve planetary and human health—including nutrition—there is limited evidence of what types of food systems interventions work. Evaluating these types of interventions is challenging due to their complex and dynamic nature and lack of fit with standard evaluation methods. In this paper, we draw on a portfolio of six evaluations of food systems interventions in Africa and South Asia that were intended to improve nutrition. We identify key methodological challenges and formulate recommendations to improve the quality of such studies. We highlight five challenges: a lack of evidence base to justify the intervention; the dynamic and multifaceted nature of the interventions; addressing attribution; collecting or accessing accurate and timely data; and defining and measuring appropriate outcomes. In addition to more specific guidance, we identify six cross-cutting recommendations, including a need to use multiple and diverse methods and flexible designs. We also note that these evaluation challenges present opportunities to develop new methods and highlight several specific needs in this space. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1407892025-12-11T21:27:31Z Food systems interventions for nutrition: Lessons from 6 program evaluations in Africa and South Asia Neufeld, Lynnette M. Nordhagen, Stella Leroy, Jef L. Aberman, Noora-Lisa Barnett, Inka Wouabe, Eric Djimeu Girard, Amy Webb Gonzalez, Wendy Levin, Carol E. Mbuya, Mduduzi N. N. Nakasone, Eduardo Dhillon, Christina Nyhus Prescott, Dave Smith, Matt Tschirley, David theory of change methods food systems nutrition evaluation health While there is growing global momentum behind food systems strategies to improve planetary and human health—including nutrition—there is limited evidence of what types of food systems interventions work. Evaluating these types of interventions is challenging due to their complex and dynamic nature and lack of fit with standard evaluation methods. In this paper, we draw on a portfolio of six evaluations of food systems interventions in Africa and South Asia that were intended to improve nutrition. We identify key methodological challenges and formulate recommendations to improve the quality of such studies. We highlight five challenges: a lack of evidence base to justify the intervention; the dynamic and multifaceted nature of the interventions; addressing attribution; collecting or accessing accurate and timely data; and defining and measuring appropriate outcomes. In addition to more specific guidance, we identify six cross-cutting recommendations, including a need to use multiple and diverse methods and flexible designs. We also note that these evaluation challenges present opportunities to develop new methods and highlight several specific needs in this space. 2024-06 2024-04-10T16:11:32Z 2024-04-10T16:11:32Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140789 en Open Access Elsevier Neufeld, Lynnette M.; Nordhagen, Stella; Leroy, Jef L.; Aberman, Noora-Lisa; Barnett, Inka; Wouabe, Eric Djimeu; et al. 2024. Food systems interventions for nutrition: Lessons from 6 program evaluations in Africa and South Asia. Journal of Nutrition 154(6): 1727-1738. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.04.005 |
| spellingShingle | theory of change methods food systems nutrition evaluation health Neufeld, Lynnette M. Nordhagen, Stella Leroy, Jef L. Aberman, Noora-Lisa Barnett, Inka Wouabe, Eric Djimeu Girard, Amy Webb Gonzalez, Wendy Levin, Carol E. Mbuya, Mduduzi N. N. Nakasone, Eduardo Dhillon, Christina Nyhus Prescott, Dave Smith, Matt Tschirley, David Food systems interventions for nutrition: Lessons from 6 program evaluations in Africa and South Asia |
| title | Food systems interventions for nutrition: Lessons from 6 program evaluations in Africa and South Asia |
| title_full | Food systems interventions for nutrition: Lessons from 6 program evaluations in Africa and South Asia |
| title_fullStr | Food systems interventions for nutrition: Lessons from 6 program evaluations in Africa and South Asia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Food systems interventions for nutrition: Lessons from 6 program evaluations in Africa and South Asia |
| title_short | Food systems interventions for nutrition: Lessons from 6 program evaluations in Africa and South Asia |
| title_sort | food systems interventions for nutrition lessons from 6 program evaluations in africa and south asia |
| topic | theory of change methods food systems nutrition evaluation health |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140789 |
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