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Assessing the Potential of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) to Fight Poverty and Foster Innovation in East Africa

This is a unique primary household and community level survey data in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. The study was started in 2008/2009 and the data collection took place in selected districts in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. The project’s goal was to provide strong evidence to policy makers and other stakeholders in development on the effectiveness of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) in fighting poverty and fostering innovation. The specific objectives of the field data collection were to characterize farm households in terms of poverty and well-being, members-and non- FFS members, on the basis of socio-economic parameters; analyze farmers’ access to agricultural services (markets, credit and extension); and assess household’s level of individual and collective empowerment.

Associated Publication:
Davis, Kristin; Nkonya, Ephraim; Kato, Edward; Mekonnen, Daniel Ayalew; Odendo, Martins; Miiro, Richard; and Nkuba, Jackson. 2012. Impact of farmer field schools on agricultural productivity and poverty in East Africa. World Development 40(2): 402- 413.

Producer: 

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Source: 

The survey was conducted in collaboration with Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), Nairobi, Kenya; Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; and Maruku Agricultural Research Institute (MARI), Tanzania. The funding for the project was provided by International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

How to cite: 

Davis, Kristin. 2012. Assessing the Potential of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) to Fight Poverty and Foster Innovation in East Africa. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (datasets). http://www.ifpri.org/dataset/assessing-potential-farmer-field-schools-ff…

Publication date: 
2012
Kind of data: 
STATA
Size: 
14.9 MB (Uncompressed), 1.69 MB (Compressed)

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2 Comments

Re: Data Opening

May 20, 2012 by

Unable to open the data because it was saved as STATA 12. Can we get a lower version. eg STATA 10?

Dataverse

May 21, 2012 by admin

Both versions of the dataset are uploaded to Dataverse:

http://hdl.handle.net/1902.1/17988