Stimulating Private Sector Malaria Control (Outgrowers)

November 21, 2023 updated by: Elizabeth Trias, PATH

Stimulating Private Sector Malaria Control: The Outgrower Opportunity

Preliminary evidence from ongoing research provides strong indications that protecting farmers from malaria would be profitable for outgrowing agribusinesses in sub-Saharan Africa. The study team invests in experimental research to investigate this conjecture in more detail.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The study evaluates whether the sourcing of insecticide-treated nets and their distribution to smallholder farmers for free would be a profitable investment for a cotton outgrowing agribusiness in Zambia.

The study therefore carries out a major net distribution through the existing distribution channels of a cotton outgrowing agribusiness, evaluates the impact of this distribution on smallholder cotton yields, and values the profitability implications for the outgrowing agribusiness.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

81597

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Zambia
      • Lusaka, Zambia
        • National Malaria Control Centre

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Farmers who contracted with the participating cotton outgrowing company in the 2010-2011 season

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Treatment: Insecticide-treated net
Smallholder farmers in the treatment group are informed that they won a raffle, and receive a free insecticide-treated net
Device: Insecticide-treated net (BASF Incerceptor)
One per farmer, once during the 2010-2011 season
No Intervention: Control
Smallholder farmers in the control group are informed that they had a chance to win an insecticide-treated mosquito net in a raffle, but did not end up winning

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Cotton Yields
Time Frame: 2010-2011 season (up to 1 year)
Farmer's cotton yields (kg delivered per household), as defined in the routine data collection system of the participating cotton outgrowing agribusiness
2010-2011 season (up to 1 year)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Contract Defaults
Time Frame: 2010-2011 season (up to 1 year)
Defaults on input loans, as defined in the routine data collection system of the participating cotton outgrowing agribusiness. Odds ratios calculated in accordance with NIH guidance: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2938757/
2010-2011 season (up to 1 year)
Increase in Maize Productivity
Time Frame: 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons (up to 2 years)
Increase in self-reported maize productivity (yield on maize plots divided by size of maize plots), collected through validation survey; calculated as maize productivity 2010-11 minus maize productivity 2009-10, measured in bags (ordinarily 50kg bags; however, kg measure not specified)
2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons (up to 2 years)
Self-reported Malaria Prevalence
Time Frame: 2010-2011 season (up to 1 year)
Over two weeks before interview, collected through validation survey. Odds ratio calculated in accordance with NIH guidance http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2938757/
2010-2011 season (up to 1 year)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

PATH

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

December 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2011

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 21, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 18, 2011

First Posted (Estimated)

July 20, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

December 15, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 21, 2023

Last Verified

November 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • PATH Outgrowers

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