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Better Dairy for All Evaluation in Ethiopia

Stopped: The program, Better Dairy for All, funded by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) will no longer continue because of state of emergency imposed in Amhara Region, making it infeasible to implement programmatic activities.

Ethiopia0Started 2025-02-01

Plain-language summary

Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)'s "Better Dairy for All" program in Ethiopia seeks to improve children's and workers' consumption of healthy foods by improving access, increasing demand, and improving the enabling environment for dairy products by operating at multiple levels - individuals, households, markets, producers, and policies. RTI and local partners propose to conduct impact and process evaluations of GAIN's program tailored to the theory of change. The evaluation will include a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods and will be guided by the RE-AIM (reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance) evaluation framework.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Household surveys Inclusion Criteria: * Reside in the enumeration areas; * Be a caregiver of at least one child 6 months to 7 years old residing in the enumeration area; * Be over 18 years old; * The household is classified as BoP on Poverty Probability Index; * Be able to speak Amharic; * Provide informed consent to participate in the study. Dairy value chain semi-structured interviews Inclusion Criteria: * Be a manager or owner of small and medium enterprises (milk houses, milk processors, or cooperatives) in the districts selected for the evaluation; * Be over 18 years old; * Be able to speak Amharic; * Provide informed consent to participate in the study. FGDs with caregivers Inclusion criteria: * Be a caregiver of a child 6 months up to 7 years old living in the intervention districts selected for the evaluation; * Be over 18 years old; * Be able to speak Amharic; * Provide informed consent to participate in the study. Worker surveys Inclusion criteria: * Be a worker at an industry or large-scale farm where the owner/manager has agreed to participate in GAIN's program; * Be over 18 years old; * Be able to speak one of the main local languages and/or Amharic; * Provide informed consent to participate in the study. In-depth interviews with workers Inclusion criteria: * Be an owner, worker, or food supplier connected to industries or large-scale farms involved in GAIN's program in the intervention districts selected for the evaluation; * Be over 18 years old; …

What they're measuring

Frequency of dairy consumption

Timeframe: Baseline (August 2023), Endline (July 2026) (3 years)

Frequency of nutritious food consumption

Timeframe: Baseline (August 2023), Endline (July 2026) (3 years)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05971888

SponsorRTI International

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-09-15