Table 1 Activity timeline for the ALIMUS trial in rural Burkina Faso and Kenya

Eligibility screening of study participants

X

X

Community sensitization and informed consent

X

X

Recruitment of study participants

X

X

X

Randomization and allocation

X

Training of garden leaders and CHVs

X

X

X

Nutrition counseling

 Group counseling (1 session only)

X

X

 Bi-monthly individual counseling sessions^a

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Home garden training^a

 Organic pesticide and manure production

X

X

X

 Composting and nursery establishment

X

X

X

 Land preparation, construction and planting

X

X

X

 Weeding and plant protection

X

X

X

 Harvesting, value addition and storage

X

X

X

Training on maintenance of home gardens

X

X

X

Input monitoring (cont.)

X

Knowledge gains

X

Species richness and garden yields (cont.)

Interviews on diet, demographics, socio-economic status

X

X

X

X

X

Anthropometric examinations

X

X

X

X

X

Micronutrient measurements, 3-monthly^b

X

X

X

X

X

Malaria assessments, 3-monthly^b

X

X

X

X

X

Cross-sectional baseline analysis

Intention-to-treat and differences-in-differences analyses

X

X

X