 Therefore, Division of Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University proposes a research study for stronger evidence base on the effectiveness of preventive foodnutrient based interventions on reduction of stunting and developing viable programmes on nutrition under real operational conditions. The effectiveness of the project will be measured in terms of the impact of the proposed interventions on the stunting and micronutrient deficiency prevalences in the target group children and mothers. Given the conditions of project implementation, a quasi-experimental double difference design would be appropriate to assess the impact of the intervention. We propose to compare the intervention and non-intervention control groups before first difference and after the intervention second difference. Then, the operational implementation of the research comprises a baseline and end line surveys. In addition, a nested cluster randomized controlled trial will be implemented to track the evolution of key variables related to the quality of intervention delivery and intermediate nutrition outcomes. The control clusters will receive routine public and private health services available in the area. 