through impact analysis of data on those households within the project area farmafrica demonstrated a considerable improvement in the nutritional status and family welfare of project participants ayele and peacock one exception is the homestead food production hfp project introduced in bangladesh by helen keller international nearly two decades ago this project initially focused on reducing vitamin a deficiency by promoting home gardens but its scope has been widened to address iron and zinc deficiencies also by incorporating smallanimal husbandry and nutrition education lannotti cunningham and ruel