An Porciuncula, Fe Ladiana creator Demaine, Harvey Chairperson Setty, E. Desingu Examination Committee Weber, Karl E. Examination committee US-ASEAN Scholarship Donor text series technical report th Bangkok Asian Institute of Technology 1986 continuing eng 99 p. The Barangay Integrated Development Approach for Nutrition Improvement of the Rural Poor (BIDANI ) program as implemented in Nueva Ecija highlights the implementation of a locally planned integrated development program designed to improve the nutritional status and socio- economic well being of the rural poor . The evaluation of the BIDANI program points to three main conclusions . The first is the importance of integrating nutritional objectives in the program which has brought an improvement in the nutritional status of the pre-school children in the pilot barangays. Its impact on health and productivity however, is difficult to establish perhaps because of limited data and/or because the effect on these two areas is a reflection of the national trend rather than the effects of BIDANI alone. The best that can be inferred then is that the program has contributed to the sustenance of health and productivity in the pilot areas. The second is that the program has exhibited an impact on the efficiency of utilization of existing services provided by the different government and private agencies through the mediation of a trained indigenous change agent called the BIDW. Finally, although the program has brought out certain replicable features such as the involvement of an academic institution in the implementation of the program and the training scheme adopted, its long term viability and sustainability is yet to be established since the institutionalization phase of the program is still in process plus the fact that the program experienced t he vulnerability of the changing political structure at t he local level . A research study submitted i n partial fulfilment of t he requirements for the degree of Master of Science Research Studies Project Report (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1986 Rural development Nutritional aspects Barangay Integrated Development Approach for Nutrition Improvement of the Rural Poor Asian Institute of Technology. http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B19533 http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B19533 121095 20260818112831.0