Title: Nutrition and food security in uplands of Thailand Phase II
Research Fellow:
Adviser
Dr. Sakda Pruenglampoo
Research Institute for Health Sciences, Chiang Mai University
Principle Investigator
Assistant Professor Prasit Wangpakapattanawong
Knowledge Support Center-Greater Mekong Sub-region (KSC-GMS),
Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University
Investigators
Mrs Natjan Chairat
Miss Anantika Ratnamhin
Miss Palika Champrasert
Mr Surachet Jinakeaw
KSC-GMS, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University
Mrs Posri Leelapat
Research Institute for Health Sciences, Chiang Mai University
Grant agency: International Development Research Centre ( IDRC), Canada
Research period: Phase I: March 2013- April 2014
Phase II: May 2014-February 2016
Research rationale:
Phase II of the study aimed to develop nutrition-sensitive agriculture practices that improve the nutrition and food security of children under five in Karen and Lawa hill-tribe villages in Ban thup and Pang Hin Fon sub-district, Mae Chaem district, Chiang Mai.
In phase I, households of Karen tribe and Lawa tribe were surveyed for their situations on nutrition, food security, dietary diversity, and child-feeding practices. Potential interventions will be formed based on the first year data in order to be tested in the second year of the project.
