Identification
Survey ID Number
AFR_2002-2008_AFRINT_v01_M
Title
AFRINT Household and Village Level Data 2002-2008
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Africa | AFR |
Study type
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
Abstract
Africa's enduring food crisis has been a source of serious concern to government and non-governmental organizations at both national and international levels. In 2002 a Swedish team from Lund University drew inspiration from progress being made on the Asian continent in what was described as a state-driven, market-mediated and farmer-based process of increasing yields in food grains and staples. The team sought to replicate the same in Africa through capturing the dynamism in African agriculture, and illuminating questions about its driving forces, especially the role of the state and the market in influencing African farmer's production behavior. The Household and Village Level Data was carried out in two phases namely:
- AFRINT I (2001-2005) The African Food Crisis - the relevance of Asian experiences
- AFRINT II (2007-2010) The Millennium Development Goals and the African Food Crisis.
The project primarily concentrated on features affecting maize production and productivity. Maize is the largest food crop in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and with seed, fertilizer and technology, commercialization and impacts of government policies. The official starting date for the African sub-projects was June 1st 2002, the collaboration researchers worked for 60 days.
- AFRINT I (2001-2005) The African Food Crisis - the relevance of Asian experiences
- AFRINT II (2007-2010) The Millennium Development Goals and the African Food Crisis.
The project primarily concentrated on features affecting maize production and productivity. Maize is the largest food crop in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and with seed, fertilizer and technology, commercialization and impacts of government policies. The official starting date for the African sub-projects was June 1st 2002, the collaboration researchers worked for 60 days.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
- Household
- Village
- Village
Version
Version Date
2010-09-30
Scope
Notes
Round I and II of the study includes the following topics:
- Household and village level demographic and socio-economic characteristics
- Farm and crop management
- Crops
- Maize
- Cassava
- Cassava, marketing conditions
- Sorghum
- Rice
- Rural - urban and rural - rural linkages (staple crops)
- Other food crops and vegetables (for local markets)
- Non-food cash crops (wholly or partly for export)
- Agricultural techniques
- Land resources
- Livestock & Fish
- Livestock
- Labor resources
- Institutional conditions
- Incomes and expenditures
- Household and village level demographic and socio-economic characteristics
- Farm and crop management
- Crops
- Maize
- Cassava
- Cassava, marketing conditions
- Sorghum
- Rice
- Rural - urban and rural - rural linkages (staple crops)
- Other food crops and vegetables (for local markets)
- Non-food cash crops (wholly or partly for export)
- Agricultural techniques
- Land resources
- Livestock & Fish
- Livestock
- Labor resources
- Institutional conditions
- Incomes and expenditures
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
Sub-Saharan Africa:
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Uganda
- Tanzania
- Ghana
- Nigeria
- Malawi
- Zambia
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Uganda
- Tanzania
- Ghana
- Nigeria
- Malawi
- Zambia
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Lund University | Swedish Government |
Producers
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Goran Djurefeldt | Lund University | Project leader |
| Mikael Hammarkjold | Lund University | Team member |
| Hans Holmen | Lund University | Team member |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Swedish International Development Authority | Sida |
| Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation | BoSTF |
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
Data collection for the first round of the AFRINT project was made in 2002. The collection of this data was part of the second round and was referred to as 2008 data, although in some cases it was collected in late 2007.
The five case study countries were: Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania. These five countries were ideally suited in the researcher's view, to charting progress in intensification, induced by farmers themselves, or state induced, as in the Asian Green Revolution. The AFRINT sample was drawn in four stages:
- Country selection
- Regions within countries
- Selection of villages within regions
- Selection of farm households
All stages except the final one were based on purposive sampling. Data collection was sought to be made at all four levels. The households sampled within these countries were selected with respect to the agricultural potential of the areas in which they resided. The intention was to capture the dynamism in the areas that were "above average" in terms of ecological and market (infrastructure) endowments but excluding the most extreme cases in this regard. The study aimed for a sample which was an illustrative of conditions in the maize-cassava belt, excluding both low potential dry and remote areas and extreme outliers at the other end of the scale.
The five case study countries were: Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania. These five countries were ideally suited in the researcher's view, to charting progress in intensification, induced by farmers themselves, or state induced, as in the Asian Green Revolution. The AFRINT sample was drawn in four stages:
- Country selection
- Regions within countries
- Selection of villages within regions
- Selection of farm households
All stages except the final one were based on purposive sampling. Data collection was sought to be made at all four levels. The households sampled within these countries were selected with respect to the agricultural potential of the areas in which they resided. The intention was to capture the dynamism in the areas that were "above average" in terms of ecological and market (infrastructure) endowments but excluding the most extreme cases in this regard. The study aimed for a sample which was an illustrative of conditions in the maize-cassava belt, excluding both low potential dry and remote areas and extreme outliers at the other end of the scale.
Response Rate
79.4%
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2002 | Round 1 |
| 2007 | 2008 | Round 2 |
Time periods
| Start date | End date | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2005 | 5 years |
| 2007 | 2010 | 4 years |
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collectors
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Dept of Sociology, Lund University | LU |
| Institution for Thematic research, Linköping University | LiU |
| Addis Ababa University | AAU |
| African Economic Research Consortium | AERC |
| Department of Geography, Kenyatta University | KU |
| Centre for Social Research, University of Malawi | UNIMA |
| Nigerian Institute for Social and Economic Research | NISER |
| University of Ghana, Legon | UG |
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
The study was comprised of a set of survey instruments. These were the following questionnaires:
1. AFRINT I Farm Household Questionnaire
2. AFRINT II Micro Level Households Questionnaire
3. AFRINT I Village Diagnostics Questionnaire
4. AFRINT II Village Diagnostics Questionnaire
1. AFRINT I Farm Household Questionnaire
2. AFRINT II Micro Level Households Questionnaire
3. AFRINT I Village Diagnostics Questionnaire
4. AFRINT II Village Diagnostics Questionnaire
Access policy
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Kobina Annim | C-DAMAA, University of Cape Coast | sannim@ucc.edu.gh | http://cdamaa.ucc.edu.gh/ |
| Emmanuel Orkoh | C-DAMAA, University of Cape Coast | aorkoh@gmail.com | http://cdamaa.ucc.edu.gh/ |
| Zelda Arku | C-DAMAA, University of Cape Coast | zeldaarku1@gmail.com | http://cdamaa.ucc.edu.gh/ |
| Issac Koomson | C-DAMAA, University of Cape Coast | koomsonisaac@gmail.com | http://cdamaa.ucc.edu.gh/ |
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI_AFR_2002-2008_AFRINT_v02_M_WB
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | DECDG | World Bank | Documentation of the DDI |
Date of Metadata Production
2015-05-29
DDI Document version
Version 01 (May 2015)