Africa Rising Baseline Evaluation Survey Arbes Report For Tanzania

Author : Charles, Ainsley,Azzarri, Carlo,Haile, Beliyou,Comanescu, Maria,Roberts, Cleophelia,Signorelli, Sara
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Africa RISING Baseline Evaluation Survey (ARBES) report for Tanzania by Charles, Ainsley,Azzarri, Carlo,Haile, Beliyou,Comanescu, Maria,Roberts, Cleophelia,Signorelli, Sara Pdf

This report presents overall summaries and cross-tabulations, and empirical means-difference tests across household type, location, wealth, and gender of head, for data that cover 810 households in Africa RISING areas in northern and north-central Tanzania in three districts (Babati, Kiteto and Kongwa) and twenty-five villages in which Africa RISING was either operational or pre-operational at the date of the survey (February-April 2014). Following a description of the report and of the survey from which its data are drawn, its main findings are presented in two parts, providing description and analysis of household- and community-level data, and these also include a series of tables and graphs to further illustrate the descriptive results. Each part contains six sections. For household-level data, these include household demographics, health and nutrition, dwelling characteristics and asset ownership, agriculture, household consumption, and shocks and vulnerability. And for community-level data, these cover community demographics, access to services, extension advice and farmer groups, land and major crops, shocks, and food prices.

Author : Howard, Patrice,Azzarri, Carlo,Haile, Beliyou,Comanescu, Maria,Roberts, Cleophelia,Signorelli, Sara
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Africa RISING Baseline Evaluation Survey (ARBES) report for Mali by Howard, Patrice,Azzarri, Carlo,Haile, Beliyou,Comanescu, Maria,Roberts, Cleophelia,Signorelli, Sara Pdf

As part of its Feed the future Initiative, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supported the development of an innovative research for development project to promote the sustainable intensification of small-scale agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. Smallscale agriculture represents the main economic activity of the majority of sub-Saharan African population. Therefore, to address global hunger and poverty, the Feed the Future initiative (FtF) developed Africa RISING (Research In Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation). Africa RISING is an agricultural research program aiming to provide pathways out of hunger and poverty for small holder families, in particular for women and children, through the development of farming systems that can sufficiently improve nutrition and income security, while conserving or enhancing the natural resource pool.

Author : Tinonin, Cecilia,Azzarri, Carlo,Haile, Beliyou,Comanescu, Maria,Roberts, Cleophelia,Signorelli, Sara
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Africa RISING Baseline Evaluation Survey (ARBES) report for Ghana by Tinonin, Cecilia,Azzarri, Carlo,Haile, Beliyou,Comanescu, Maria,Roberts, Cleophelia,Signorelli, Sara Pdf

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) leads an associated project on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of AR activities. As part of the evaluation efforts of the AR program in three regions of northern Ghana (i.e. Northern, Upper West and Upper East), the M&E Team at IFPRI has contracted Pan African Field Services Limited (Panafields) to conduct the Ghana Africa RISING Evaluation Survey (GARBES), which has the primary objective of collecting highly credible and unbiased baseline data to evaluate the effectiveness of AR’s activities. In particular, the main development hypothesis that GARBES aims to test is whether AR interventions, in the form of sustainable intensification of agricultural practices, lead to an increase in agricultural productivity, income and welfare indicators (both monetary as well as non-monetary). The collected evidence on the overall effectiveness and on the specific causal pathways will also allow to draw conclusions on whether and how to scale up the program in the future.

Author : Shee, Apurba,Azzarri, Carlo,Haile, Beliyou,Comanescu, Maria,Roberts, Cleophelia,Signorelli, Sara
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Africa RISING Baseline Evaluation Survey (ARBES) report for Malawi by Shee, Apurba,Azzarri, Carlo,Haile, Beliyou,Comanescu, Maria,Roberts, Cleophelia,Signorelli, Sara Pdf

This report presents overall summaries of Malawi Africa RISING Baseline Evaluation Survey (MARBES) data that cover 1,149 households in Africa RISING areas in central region of Malawi covering two districts (Dedza and Ntcheu). Following a description of survey design and tools, the report presents main findings in the form of cross tabulation, tables and graphs for both household and community level survey data. The summaries of the household data include demography, agricultural land characteristics, production and inputs, storage facility, livestock ownership, dwelling characteristics, agricultural related shocks, and children and women anthropometry. The community data summary covers community demography, access to basic services, labor in agriculture, agriculture related problems and solutions, land use and major crops, migration, availability of water resources, and prevalence of shocks

Author : Azzarri, Carlo,Haile, Beliyou,Roberts, Cleo,Charles, Ainsley,Economic Development Initiatives (EDI)
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A user guide to Tanzania Africa research in sustainable intensification for the next generation (Africa RISING) baseline evaluation survey data by Azzarri, Carlo,Haile, Beliyou,Roberts, Cleo,Charles, Ainsley,Economic Development Initiatives (EDI) Pdf

The Tanzania Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) Baseline Evaluation Survey (TARBES) was implemented during February-April 2014 as part of the International Food Policy Research Institute’s Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of Africa RISING. The Africa RISING program aims to create—through action research and development partnerships—opportunities for smallholder farmers in Africa south of the Sahara to sustainably intensify their farming systems and to improve their food, nutrition, and income security. Initiated in 2012, the program is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as part of the U.S. government’s Feed the Future (FTF) initiative. As part of the program, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) leads a sustainable intensification effort focusing on the cereal-based farming systems in the Guinea Savannah Zone of West Africa (Ghana and Mali) and East and Southern Africa (Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia) while the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) leads the research activities focusing on the crop-livestock systems of the Ethiopian highlands. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has been tasked with M&E of the three projects. Tanzania Africa RISING is being implemented in Babati, Kongwa, and Kiteto districts in Tanzania. The research activities are led by IITA. TARBES collected detailed household- and plot-crop level data addressing various topics: employment (agricultural and non-agricultural); health; agricultural land; crop inputs, harvest, storage, and sale; livestock ownership, feed, and water; agriculture-related challenges and coping strategies; credit and off-farm income sources; housing conditions and ownership of various durable assets; subjective welfare and food security; household-level food consumption; non-food expenditure; agricultural shocks; and child and women anthropometry. The community survey collected data on access to basic services; access to extension services; social organizations, mobility, and village-level shocks; access to natural resources; metric conversion units; and prices of crops and food items. TARBES covered 810 households and 25 communities drawn from the three project districts. Data was collected using structured questionnaires in multiple local languages through Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (using Surveybe).

Author : R. A. Boxall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Crops
ISBN : UIUC:30112020272461

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A Critical Review of the Methodology for Assessing Farm-level Grain Losses After Harvest by R. A. Boxall Pdf

Author : P.K. Ramachandran Nair,Dennis Garrity
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400746763

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Agroforestry - The Future of Global Land Use by P.K. Ramachandran Nair,Dennis Garrity Pdf

This volume contains a solid body of the current state of knowledge on the various themes and activities in agroforestry worldwide. It is organized into three sections: the Introduction section consists of the summaries of six keynote speeches at the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry held in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2009; that is followed by two sections of peer-reviewed thematic chapters grouped as “Global Perspectives” (seven chapters) and “Regional Perspectives” (eleven chapters), authored by professional leaders in their respective agroforestry-related fields worldwide. A total of 130 professionals from institutions in 33 countries in both developing and the industrialized temperate regions of the world contributed to the book as chapter authors and/or reviewers. Thus, the book presents a comprehensive and authoritative account of the global picture of agroforestry today.

Author : Jessica Fanzo,Danny Hunter,Teresa Borelli,Federico Mattei
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781136461460

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Diversifying Food and Diets by Jessica Fanzo,Danny Hunter,Teresa Borelli,Federico Mattei Pdf

Currently 868 million people are undernourished and 195 million children under five years of age are stunted. At the same time, over 1 billion people are overweight and obese in both the developed and developing world. Diseases previously associated with affluence, such as cancer, diabetes and cardio-vascular disease, are on the rise. Food system-based approaches to addressing these problems that could enhance food availability and diet quality through local production and agricultural biodiversity often fall outside the traditional scope of nutrition, and have been under-researched. As a consequence, there remains insufficient evidence to support well-defined, scalable agricultural biodiversity interventions that can be linked to improvements in nutrition outcomes. Agricultural biodiversity is important for food and nutritional security, as a safeguard against hunger, a source of nutrients for improved dietary diversity and quality, and strengthening local food systems and environmental sustainability. This book explores the current state of knowledge on the role of agricultural biodiversity in improving diets, nutrition and food security. Using examples and case studies from around the globe, the book explores current strategies for improving nutrition and diets and identifies key research and implementation gaps that need to be addressed to successfully promote the better use of agricultural biodiversity for rural and urban populations and societies in transition.

Author : Bernard Vanlauwe,Piet van Asten,Guy Blomme
Publisher : Springer
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319076621

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Challenges and Opportunities for Agricultural Intensification of the Humid Highland Systems of Sub-Saharan Africa by Bernard Vanlauwe,Piet van Asten,Guy Blomme Pdf

The humid highlands in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are characterized by high population densities and require intensification. The Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa (CIALCA) has set up a research for development platform in various mandate areas in DR Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda, aiming to identify improved production, market, and nutrition options and facilitating the access for development partners to these options. This platform is supported by capacity building, multi-stakeholder dialogue, and monitoring and evaluation efforts. The conference, facilitated by CIALCA, aimed to (i) take stock of the state-of the art in agricultural intensification in the highlands of SSA and (ii) chart the way forward for agricultural research for development in the humid highlands of SSA, and more specifically in the recently launched Humidtropics Consortium Research Programme, through keynote, oral and poster presentations, and strategic panel discussions.

Author : Mubarik Ali,Derek Byerlee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Agricultural innovations
ISBN : UCSD:31822029747664

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Productivity Growth and Resource Degradation in Pakistan's Punjab by Mubarik Ali,Derek Byerlee Pdf

The introduction of green revolution technologies in wheat and rice production in Pakistan's Punjab province reversed the country's food crisis and stimulated rapid agricultural and economic growth. But resource degradation through intensification, monocropping, and mismanagement of water resources has offset much of the productivity effect of technological change.

Author : Melinda Smale
Publisher : CABI
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1845931505

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Valuing Crop Biodiversity by Melinda Smale Pdf

This book examines the challenges faced by farmers trying to maintain crop biodiversity in developing and transitional economies. Using a collection of empirical case studies of farmers and crop scientists across a range of agricultural economies and income levels, it presents economic tools and methods for valuing and managing crop biodiversity. It discusses the economic benefits of crop biodiversity for farmers and suggests ways in which crop biodiversity can be supported by national policies. The book provides an indispensable 'tool kit' for all those concerned with the development of strategies to facilitate sustainable management and conservation of crop genetic diversity for future generations.

Author : François Molle,Jeremy Berkoff
Publisher : CABI
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845932923

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Irrigation Water Pricing by François Molle,Jeremy Berkoff Pdf

Much hope has been vested in pricing as a means of helping to regulate and rationalize water management, notably in the irrigation sector. The pricing of water has often been applied universally, using general and ideological policies, and not considering regional environmental and economic differences. Almost 15 years after the emphasis laid at the Dublin and Rio conferences on treating water as an economic good, a comprehensive review of how such policies have helped manage water resources an irrigation use is necessary. The case-studies presented here offer a reassessment of current policies by evaluating their objectives and constraints and often demonstrating their failure by not considering the regional context. They will therefore contribute to avoiding costly and misplaced reforms and help design water policies that are based on a deeper understanding of the factors which eventually dictate their effectiveness.

Author : Shawki M. Barghouti,Lisa Garbus
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105008713757

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Trends in Agricultural Diversification by Shawki M. Barghouti,Lisa Garbus Pdf

Author : Melinda Smale
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400900110

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Farmers Gene Banks and Crop Breeding: Economic Analyses of Diversity in Wheat Maize and Rice by Melinda Smale Pdf

Author : M. Shahe Emran
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Access to markets
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Extent of the Market and Stages of Agricultural Specialization by M. Shahe Emran Pdf

Abstract: This paper provides empirical evidence of nonlinearity in the relationship between crop specialization in a village economy and the extent of the market (size of the urban market) relevant for the village. The results suggest that the portfolio of crops in a village economy becomes more diversified initially as the extent of the market increases. However, after the market size reaches a threshold, the production structure becomes specialized again. This evidence on the stages of agricultural diversification is consistent with the stages of diversification identified in the recent literature for the economy as a whole and also for the manufacturing sector. The evidence highlights the importance of improving farmers' access to markets through investment in transport infrastructure and removal of barriers to trading.