Poultry package evaluation

Project's full title	Impact assessment of poultry package in Afghanistan
Introduction	In a country where many women are illiterate, rarely leave their homes, and have limited access to education, FAO’s poultry support package offers essential training and inputs to empower women. This project evaluates the socio-economic impacts of FAO’s poultry support package, with a primary focus on enhancing women’s role in income generating activities, poultry production, nutrition.
Country	Afghanistan
Start date	10/07/2024
Status	ongoing
Recipient / Target Areas	Afghanistan
Objective / Goal	To evaluate the socio-economic impacts of FAO’s poultry support package, with a primary focus on empowering women, improving female nutrition, and enhancing income generation through poultry production.
Partners	FAO Country office of Afghanistan
Beneficiaries	23 000 beneficiaries between 2023 and 2024
Activities	Backyard poultry production has long been a key source of family nutrition in Afghanistan, where women are responsible for more than 90 percent of egg and poultry meat production in villages. In a country where many women are illiterate, rarely leave their homes, and have limited access to education, FAO’s poultry support package offers essential training and inputs to empower women. This project evaluates the socio-economic impacts of FAO’s poultry support package, with a primary focus on enhancing women’s role in income-generating activities, poultry production, and nutrition. By providing training and resources, the intervention aims to increase women’s income and improve their economic security. The study relies on primary data and ex-post impact evaluation methods to assess how the package contributes to women’s economic empowerment and female food security, offering valuable insights into the effectiveness of gender-responsive programming in fragile contexts.
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