Home garden intensification: A sustainable, economically viable, and nutrition sensitive model for smallholders

This report presents the main findings of the end-line assessment and the current status of an integrated home garden intensification intervention implemented across 120 households (HHs) in Lemo, Doyogena, and Abamote districts over the 2 years. The intervention integrates avocado, vegetables, and poultry within a nutrient recycling framework, supported by continuous capacity building on production, post-harvest handling, nutrition, and marketing. Evidence from end-line surveys indicates positive trends in crop diversification, egg consumption, dietary diversity, and compost use, with emerging income benefits. Building on these results, the report outlines the Home Garden Intensification Model (HGIM) framework, which combines empirical nutrient mass balance, production response functions, household-level optimization, and typology-based scaling pathways to guide expansion to additional households and districts.