Project

Impact Assessment of salt-tolerant potato and sweet potato production for strengthening food system resilience in Bangladesh

Client

GOPA Worldwide Consultants/ Fund for Agriculture Research (GIZ)

Duration

June 2023 - January 2024

The southern delta is Bangladesh’s vital food basket, feeding the country’s growing population of 180 million through high-input rice production. Yet, climate change, and salinization of soils, together with floods and cyclones, are reducing rice yields. At the same time, the country continues to experience severe micronutrient deficiencies from rice-dominated diets. 

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This study, using an ex-post, quasi-experimental design, collected data on over 1,600 farm households (including recall data) in the Southern delta of Bangladesh to investigate the adoption of Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) and variants for households using the Community Nutrition Scholar (CNS) model and analyse the impact of the adoption of particularly salt-tolerant OFSP varieties on the quality of household diets, productivity and income, and sustainable land use. The research is being carried out by GOPA Worldwide Consultants on behalf of the Fund International Agriculture Research (FIA). 

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ImpactLoop team members involved are Manuela K. Günther.