Co-Benefits of Largescale Organic farming On huMan health (BLOOM):: Protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled evaluation of the Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming programme in India

Lindsay Jaacks; Lilia Bliznashka; Peter Craig; Michael Eddleston; Alfy Gathorne-Hardy; Ranjit Kumar; Sailesh  Mohan; John Norrie; Sheril  Rajan; Aditi  Roy; Bharath Yandrapu; Nikhil Srinivasapura  Venkateshmurthy; Poornima  Prabhakaran

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0281677

Co-Benefits of Largescale Organic farming On huMan health (BLOOM): Protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled evaluation of the Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming programme in India

Lindsay Jaacks^*, Lilia Bliznashka, Peter Craig, Michael Eddleston, Alfy Gathorne-Hardy, Ranjit Kumar, Sailesh Mohan, John Norrie, Sheril Rajan, Aditi Roy, Bharath Yandrapu, Nikhil Srinivasapura Venkateshmurthy, Poornima Prabhakaran

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The BLOOM study (co-Benefits of Largescale Organic farming On huMan health) aims to determine if a government-implemented agroecology programme reduces pesticide exposure and improves dietary diversity in agricultural households. To achieve this aim, a community-based, cluster-randomised controlled evaluation of the Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming (APCNF) programme will be conducted in 80 clusters (40 intervention and 40 control) across four districts of Andhra Pradesh state in south India. Approximately 34 households per cluster will be randomly selected for screening and enrolment into the evaluation at baseline. The two primary outcomes, measured 12 months post-baseline assessment, are urinary pesticide metabolites in a 15% random subsample of participants and dietary diversity in all participants. Both primary outcomes will be measured in (1) adult men ≥18 years old, (2) adult women ≥18 years old, and (3) children

Original language	English
Article number	e0281677
Pages (from-to)	1-26
Number of pages	26
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	18
Issue number	3
Early online date	2 Mar 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281677
Publication status	Published - Mar 2023

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Adolescent
Adult
Agriculture
Child
Farms
Female
Humans
India
Infant
Male
Organic Agriculture
Pesticides

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Jaacks, L., Bliznashka, L., Craig, P., Eddleston, M., Gathorne-Hardy, A., Kumar, R., Mohan, S., Norrie, J., Rajan, S., Roy, A., Yandrapu, B., Venkateshmurthy, N. S., & Prabhakaran, P. (2023). Co-Benefits of Largescale Organic farming On huMan health (BLOOM): Protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled evaluation of the Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming programme in India. PLoS ONE, 18(3), 1-26. Article e0281677. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281677

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