TABLE 2.

Cost description of the UPAVAN interventions from program perspective¹

	AGRI		AGRI–NUT		AGRI–NUT + PLA
Description	US$2	%	US$2	%	US$2	%
Total economic cost of program	272,121		366,686		386,907
Startup costs	71,176	26%	108,978	30%	89,905	23%
Implementation costs	200,945	74%	257,708	70%	297,002	77%
Annual total economic costs3	79,645		107,323		113,241
Annual implementation costs4	75,354	95%	96,641	90%	111,376	98%
Economic costs of main intervention components
Developing and delivering NSA videos	186,912	69%	93,456	25%	93,456	24%
Developing and delivering nutrition-specific videos	0	0%	142,007	39%	47,336	12%
Running PLA sessions and developing nutrition-specific videos through PLA	0	0%	0	0%	61,557	16%
Quality assurance and monitoring activities	69,041	25%	101,976	28%	160,139	41%
Partner coordination	16,167	6%	29,247	8%	24,419	6%
Training government frontline workers5	4750	NA	4750	NA	4750	NA

¹AGRI, nutrition-sensitive agriculture intervention; AGRI-NUT, nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific agriculture intervention; AGRI-NUT + PLA, nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific agriculture intervention using the participatory learning and action approach; NA, not applicable; NSA, nutrition-sensitive agriculture; PLA, participatory learning and action; UPAVAN, Upscaling Participatory Action and Videos for Agriculture and Nutrition.

²2019 US$.

³Mean annual total intervention costs over a time horizon of 41 mo.

⁴Mean annual total costs during implementation period over implementation period of 32 mo

⁵These costs are not included in total program costs as they were implemented in all arms including the control arm.