Increasing micronutrient intakes in rural Bangladesh: an NGO’s search for program sustainability

July 14th, 1999

 

The paper reports on the fascinating and relatively unique striving after sustainability by a the Worldview International Foundation. It was one of the best programs I’ve even worked with, covering virtually all rural people in several low-income northern districts at a very low cost. This is a chapter in Tom Marchione’s seminal book “Scaling Up, Scaling Down. Overcoming Malnutrition in Developing Countries.

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PHOTO: Homes in northern Bangladesh with “rooftop gardens” promoted by WIF (who also gave everyone living in the rural areas in project districts free seed for relevant plants) as a way of increasing incomes and vitamin A intakes for the landless and near-landless.

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