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Table VI

Highlights for the PROOFS nutrition project

	PROOFS
Main goal	Education and distribution of nutritious food products to rural households
Input, activities and outputs – intermediary interventions	Enterprise development: market research, strategy development, project implementation support, connecting and engaging companies in nutrition sector, finding Dutch companies interested in piloting innovations in Bangladesh Supply chain development: support in the development of the door-to-door distribution model, recruitment and selection of local partners, training provision for women, educational group sessions, and integration of behavioral change tools in the distribution model Market development: educational group sessions, counseling sessions at household level, development and implementation of innovative tools to foster behavioral change, connecting local with global partners
Outcomes	Increased awareness on basic hygiene and nutritional knowledge Improved acceptability of products
Impact	Improved dietary diversity, food adequacy, and others at household level Increase of income, social status and entrepreneurial skills for the women micro-entrepreneurs High number of people reached (scale)
Project-specific highlights	Importance of local presence Indirect information flows and a long chain of intermediary actors can create tension Difference between considering sales agents as intermediary actors or as beneficiaries

	PROOFS
Main goal	Education and distribution of nutritious food products to rural households
Input, activities and outputs – intermediary interventions	Enterprise development: market research, strategy development, project implementation support, connecting and engaging companies in nutrition sector, finding Dutch companies interested in piloting innovations in BangladeshSupply chain development: support in the development of the door-to-door distribution model, recruitment and selection of local partners, training provision for women, educational group sessions, and integration of behavioral change tools in the distribution modelMarket development: educational group sessions, counseling sessions at household level, development and implementation of innovative tools to foster behavioral change, connecting local with global partners
Outcomes	Increased awareness on basic hygiene and nutritional knowledgeImproved acceptability of products
Impact	Improved dietary diversity, food adequacy, and others at household levelIncrease of income, social status and entrepreneurial skills for the women micro-entrepreneursHigh number of people reached (scale)
Project-specific highlights	Importance of local presenceIndirect information flows and a long chain of intermediary actors can create tensionDifference between considering sales agents as intermediary actors or as beneficiaries