New Datasets – Page 2

Worldwide Extension Study Database

Extension and advisory services are a critical component of rural development and have been shown to contribute to the reduction of hunger and poverty, increase adoption of improved technologies, and increase productivity and capacity of clientele. In the past 20 years, extension has changed from technology-focused, public services-dominated, transfer of technology approaches to a much broader scope with many different actors from the private and civil society sectors. Since these major changes occurred in advisory services, no global assessment has been done on the status of programs, staffing, capacities, and financing. The last (and only) time these data were collected was in 1988 under the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (Swanson, Farner, and Bahal 1990).

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), working in collaboration with the University of Illinois (UIUC), FAO, and the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS), developed the Worldwide Extension Study database as part of the assessment of the status of agricultural extension and advisory services worldwide between 2009-2013. Also collaborating were the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Danish Agricultural Advisory Services (DAAS), and the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD). The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supported the work. This database is now available publicly and can be accessed from here.

Informal Food Retail Trade in Nigeria’s Secondary Cities

Informal Food Retail Trade in Nigeria’s Secondary Cities dataset is generated from a study conducted on informal food retail in two of Nigeria’s secondary cities, Calabar and Minna. The aim of the survey is to gather information on the livelihoods of these traders and the governance constraints they encounter outside of the region’s capital and primate cities. Interviews with 1,097 informal food vendors – 530 in Calabar and 567 in Minna – across nine markets in each city, allow for a better understanding of the role of informal food vendors in secondary cities as a key component of agricultural transformation and food security, while also examining how their treatment by government officials affects their own food security and their ability to facilitate agricultural transformation.

The survey is split into 11 survey modules:

1. Sampling (SA) – preliminary characteristics of the informal food trader

2. General Information (ID) – basic demographic, educational and household background information

3. Employment (EM) – details on current job

4. Business (BS) – information on business management and the associated fees paid to operate

5. Taxes and Fees (TX) – range of fees and taxes paid and the benefits received from those payments

6. Government Engagement (GE) – type and level of interaction between government officials and food traders

7. Food Safety and Food Security (FS) – awareness of food safety and source of personal food

8. Service Delivery and Accountability (SD) – services offered in the market and who could best deliver them

9. Public Participation and Associational Membership (PP) – involvement in different associations and participation in public and community affairs

10. Household Welfare (HW) – details on household assets and services

11. Final (FI) – enumerator observation

This dataset publicly can be accessed from here.

PROMIS Baseline and Endline Data

IFPRI, collaborating with AfricSanté, collected baseline and endline survey designed to evaluate the impact of Innovative Approaches for the Prevention of Childhood Malnutrition (PROMIS) program in Burkina Faso and Mali. The aim of the Innovative Approaches for the Prevention of Childhood (PROMIS) study is to assess the feasibility, quality of implementation, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of an integrated child malnutrition prevention and treatment intervention package implemented through a community-based platform in Mali and a facility-based platform in Burkina Faso. The intervention was implemented by Helen Keller International through the national health systems.

The data were collected at different level including children, month and platform. To assess data from PROMIS study, click on the link below.

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