Northern Ghana Agricultural Household Survey Beliyou Haile IFPRI Northern Ghana Baseline Survey Instrument Design Workshop (Accra, Ghana) February 10, 2013

 Africa RISING Ghana survey design  What has been done thus far by the IFPRI’s M&E team  Challenges faced  Detailed (question-by-question) discussion of draft survey tool proposed for Ghana baseline survey Introduction 2

 Generate valuable information to inform AR research activities  Baseline indicators to gauge progress  Impact assessment (with follow-up data) 3 The Survey

A.Community Selection – Based on 1 st Year Activities 4 RegionDistrict# of communities Upper EastBawku West, Kassena Mankana, Bongo, and Talensi Nabdam 10 Upper WestNadowli, Wa, and Wa West18 NorthernSavelugu Nanton, Tolon-Kumbungu, Yendi, and Tamale 24 Total31152 What has been done?

B.Biophysical and socio-economic characteristics of target region  Agro-ecological zone, precipitation, elevation, slope, farming system, market access, Length of Growth Period (LGP), and land cover  Stratification based on LGP and market access 5 What has been done?

6 LGP (source: ICRISAT)

7 Market Access

8 LGP and market access – 6 unique classes DistrictLGPLGP classMarket accessMarket access classFinal class Nadowli166Med-Low187MedMed-Low LGP * Med mkt Bawku West158Low123MedLow LGP * Med mkt Kassena Nankana152Low165MedLow LGP * Med mkt Bongo154Low148MedLow LGP * Med mkt Talensi Nabdam161Low148MedLow LGP * Med mkt Wa178Med-High201LowMed-High LGP * Low mkt Wa West180Med-High160MedMed-High LGP * Med mkt Savelugu Nanton181Med-High176MedMed-High LGP * Med mkt Tolon-Kumbungu183Med-High186MedMed-High LGP * Med mkt Yendi194High181MedHigh LGP * Med mkt Tamale189Med-High60HighMed-High LGP * High mkt

C.Development of survey instrument based on:  Northern Ghana Agricultural Survey (IFPRI and ISSER, 2011)  Malawi Unified Baseline Survey (IFPRI and USAID in 2012).  FtF population-based survey  Feedback from ESA team 9 What has been done?

D.Sample size calculation - GLSS 5 10 Follow-up scenarios -> 20% increase in average maize harvest value/area New maize harvest/ha Correlation between measurements Power Intra- cluster correlation Sample required # of farmers per community Number of communities Baseline values: Avg. maize harvest value/ha: 192 GHc/ha Std. dev.: 401 Deff: 3.41 (ρ=.172) % -1, , , , , % , , , , What has been done?

D.Search for a local M&E coordinator and a partner to help collect baseline data  Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)  ISSER  Interviews with applicants for the M&E position (ongoing) 11 What has been done?

 Time – fielding in March, 2013  Statistical power of AR research design  Increasing target communities vs. increasing sample farmers per community  Number and intensity of interventions  Potential spillover  Getting the right M&E coordinator … need to move forward fast (and carefully)! 12 Challenge

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