Data collection tools and procedures
pulses-based
Baseline and end-line data on socio-demographics, dietary practice, including consumption of pulses-based food and participants’ knowledge, beliefs, perceptions and experiences related to pulses-based food were collected by self-administered questionnaire.Data on the consumption of pulses-based food were collected using the past 24 h pulses-based food consumption history adopted from the 24 h recall dietary practice assessment approach. Thus, the questions were those of FAO’s six close-ended yes or no options and six probing questions, which were now limited to pulses-based food consumption [Concerning data relating to general dietary practice, FAO’s dietary practice assessment questions, six of which were close-ended with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response option, and six open-ended questions were used. The six close-ended questions were about the consumption of any food and/or drink except water that had been taken in the past 24 h at six different time points and in between (early in the morning, late in the morning, noon, afternoon, evening, and before going to bed). Each close-ended question was followed by a probing question with adequate space for respondents to write on the details of what was eaten and drunk at the point in time and between, provided that the answer for the closed-ended question was yes. These dietary practice assessment questions had a clear instruction for the participants that they should choose the ‘yes’ option if the food they consumed was roughly about a size of a table spoon or a fistful, which is assumed to be equivalent to 15 g [