Rural Capacity Building Project 2009, Baseline

Ethiopia, 2009

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Reference ID

ETH_2009_RCBPIE-BL_v01_M_v01_A_PUF

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/paab-hj32

Producer(s)

Tigist Ketema, Niklas Buehren

Collection(s)

Impact Evaluation Surveys Fragility, Conflict and Violence

Metadata

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Aug 06, 2014

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Identification

Survey ID number

ETH_2009_RCBPIE-BL_v01_M_v01_A_PUF

Title

Rural Capacity Building Project 2009

Subtitle

Baseline

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Ethiopia	ETH

Study type

Other Household Survey [hh/oth]

Series Information

The project commissioned two independent household surveys; the first one with field work in December 2009 / January 2010 and the other one at the end of the Project.

Evaluating the Rural Capacity Building Project (RCBP) involves an examination of whether the capacity building of FTCs increased the use of extension services by women at the kebele, or neighborhood, level in both female-headed and male-headed households. To determine the effectiveness of the RCBP, this project explores female farmers' demand for extension advice and how it differs from male farmers' demand. Surveys asked women about their extension use and demand after the project had been implemented.

By analyzing baseline and endline surveys, a double-difference estimator can be used to assess the project's impact. Information on farmers' plots and livestock can be compared over time to determine the effectiveness of the project. Other information such as consumption, housing, and household assets can be analyzed over time to see the effect of the RCBP on any of these variables.

Abstract

The Rural Capacity Building Project was launched in 2006 by Ethiopia’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MoARD) to make agricultural services and systems more responsive to clients' needs. In particular, a goal is to make clients aware of economically viable and environmentally sustainable technologies and practices. The project aims to make improvements in five major areas: agricultural technical and vocational education and training, agricultural extension services, agricultural research, information and communication systems within the MoARD, and agriculture market institutions. The project also seeks to improve women's participation in the extension system and to provide insight on HIV/AIDS and environmental issues in the region.

KEY VARIABLES
- Farmers’ perception of the RCBP’s effectiveness
- Involvement with Development Agents (DA) and Farmer Training Centers (FTC)
- Involvement with Farmer Research Groups or Farmer Research Extension Groups
- Changes in household incomes and consumption
- Land plot maintenance and crop productivity
- Crop production and utilization
- Livestock utilization

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Households

Version

Version Description

Version 02. Public use file, name of the household head has been removed the data.

Scope

Notes

The Ethiopia Capacity Building Project (RCBP), Baseline Survey covered the following topics:
A. Identification (Geographic Area Identification)
B. Household Roster
C. Consumption [monthly and annual expenditures; finances and shocks; household assets; housing]
D. Access to Agricultural Extension Services [Farmer Training Centers; Development Agencies; Farmer Innovation Fund]
E. Plot Roster [crop production inputs; crop production and utilization]
F. Livestock

Theme
Gender; HIV/AIDS; Environmental policies and institutions; Managing for development results; Rural services and infrastructure

Keywords

Farmer training Extension services Agriculture Farming Research Gender

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, Benshangul Gumaz, and Afar regions

Universe

The data are from a baseline survey used to gauge the progress of the RCBP that had been implemented two years prior in Ethiopia.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
Tigist Ketema	World Bank Africa Gender Lab
Niklas Buehren	World Bank

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name	Role
Canadian International Development Agency	Funding the study
International Development Association	Funding the study

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

The participating households were randomly chosen from the Amhara, Oromia, SSNP, Benshangul Gumaz, and Afar regions. The sample consists of 1,609 households from Ethiopia's Amhara, Oromia, SSNP, Benshangul Gumaz, and Afar regions. Among the 1,609 households, there are 1,136 male and 473 female respondents. Among these, 10 male respondents are not heads of their households, and 46 women are not heads of their household. Thus 1,172 households have a male head, and 437 households have a female head. The average size of a household is 6 people, mostly consisting of the household head, spouse, and children. The average age of a household head is about 44. Lastly, 1,008 household heads have no education and 596 have attended at least one year of school.

Weighting

None

Survey instrument

Questionnaires

The survey questionnaire consists of six sections.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End	Cycle
2009-02-01	2009-12-01	Baseline

Data Collection Notes

Data were collected with a household survey completed mostly by the household head, using a survey enumerator and supervisor. The survey primarily asked about the household head, including his/her basic information about each household member and the consumption patterns of the household. The survey is primarily concerned with the effect of RCBP on agriculture, so it asks about access to agricultural extension services through Farmer Training Centers (FTCs) and Development Agencies (DAs). Finally, the survey focuses on specific details about the plots, crop production, and livestock for each household. Some questions were a specialized multiple choice, and others required a numerical value. The remaining questions had answers of the form “yes / no / don't know / refuse to answer” or “everytime / sometimes / one-one time / never/ don't know / refuse to answer.

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Citation requirements

Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:

the Identification of the Primary Investigator
the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
the survey reference number
the source and date of download

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.

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email
Brittany Hill	Africa Regional Office, The World Bank	bnhill@worldbank.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_ETH_2009_RCBPIE-BL_v01_M_v01_A_PUF_WB

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
Development Data Group	The World Bank	Metadata preparation

Date of Metadata Production

2014-07-21

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 01 (July 2014).

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