IFPRI is conducting a five-year impact evaluation in Burkina Faso designed to address key knowledge gaps on the impact of poultry value chain interventions on the diets, health and nutritional status of women and children. The impact evaluation is designed around the scale-up of the Soutenir l’Exploitation Familiale pour Lancer l’Élevage des Volailles et Valoriser l’Économie Rurale (SELEVER) project, a five-year initiative implemented by Tanager and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The SELEVER intervention involves an integrated market-facilitation approach combining revenue generation, women’s empowerment, and nutritional behavior change interventions. The mixed-methods impact evaluation includes a randomized trial, process evaluation, cost analysis, and a qualitative gender study.