Evaluation of a school feeding programme linked to agriculture production in Ghana

The impact of school feeding on nutrition, education, agriculture and other social outcomes: design of a randomised controlled trial of 'home-grown' school feeding in Ghana

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN66918874

Enrollment

5300

Registered

2015-03-05

Start date

2013-06-12

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-06-17

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Conditions

School health and nutrition Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

Interventions

This study involves a field experiment around the scale-up of the national Ghana School Feeding Programme, including 120 primary schools in 58 Districts. The randomly assigned interventions are:

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Pre-primary and primary school age children (2-15 years of age) and their families 2. Small-holder farmers

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Households with children not of primary school age

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Small-holder farmer income, school participation and learning, and community involvement in the programme. Baseline was conducted between 22/06/2013 and 02/09/2013. Follow-up planned for November 2015.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Nutritional status (anthropometry and anaemia) and diet diversity. Baseline was conducted between 22/06/2013 and 02/09/2013. Follow-up planned for November 2015.	—

Countries

Ghana

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 14, 2026