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Table 4 Impact of a home garden intervention on the quantity of vegetables harvested

From: Impacts of a home garden intervention in Bangladesh after one, three and six years

Outcome

Baseline mean (SD)

1-year effect

3-year effect

6-year effect

ATE (SE)

p-value

ATE (SE)

p-value

ATE (SE)

p-value

Total vegetable production (kg/year)

86.87 (126.80)

29.56 (11.54)

0.01

42.27 (13.06)

 < 0.01

36.97 (12.39)

 < 0.01

By usage:

Home consumed (kg/year)

50.53 (67.31)

26.78 (6.39)

 < 0.01

29.18 (7.62)

0.00

26.79 (6.66)

 < 0.01

Shared (kg/year)

11.54 (19.47)

4.63 (1.91)

0.02

1.92 (2.08)

0.35

1.30 (1.95)

0.51

Sold (kg/year)

24.80 (69.24)

-1.86 (6.02)

0.76

11.47 (6.44)

0.08

8.51 (6.78)

0.21

By season:

Summer (kg/year)

38.07 (78.73)

27.44 (7.14)

 < 0.01

21.07 (7.80)

0.01

19.96 (7.73)

0.01

Winter (kg/year)

48.80 (83.35)

2.12 (7.59)

0.78

21.21 (8.65)

0.01

17.01 (7.85)

0.03

By crop category:

Eggplants and cucurbits (kg/year)

47.52 (90.30)

-11.85 (8.06)

0.14

24.13 (9.22)

0.01

17.85 (8.43)

0.03

Roots and tubers (kg/year)

1.94 (14.80)

2.84 (1.48)

0.06

0.84 (2.09)

0.69

0.53 (1.69)

0.75

Beans and peas (kg/year)

15.34 (38.91)

6.41 (3.43)

0.06

5.03 (3.65)

0.17

6.51 (3.49)

0.06

Leafy vegetables (kg/year)

15.63 (39.41)

22.21 (3.64)

 < 0.01

4.76 (3.92)

0.22

3.32 (3.88)

0.39

Other vegetables (kg/year)

6.43 (30.20)

9.94 (2.77)

 < 0.01

7.50 (3.71)

0.04

8.76 (3.5)

0.01

  1. Year-1, -3 and -6 effects refer to 2014, 2016, and 2019, respectively
  2. ATE average treatment effect, SD standard deviation, SE standard error