Ethiopia Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) Baseline Survey, 2014

The Feed the Future Innovation Lab on Small-Scale Irrigation (FTF-ILSSI) is a cooperative agreement funded by USAID under the Feed the Future program to undertake research aimed to increase food production, improve nutrition, accelerate economic development and contribute to the protection of the environment. The project seeks these objectives through identifying, testing and demonstrating technological options in small-scale irrigation and irrigated fodder, supported by a continual dialogue approach with stakeholders and capacity development toward sustained use of research approaches and evidence. Collaborators on this project include Texas A&M University, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), North Carolina A&T State University (NCAT) and Texas A&M AgriLife Research (TAMUS). As part of this project, IFPRI is undertaking a study of irrigating and non-irrigating households in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Ghana to investigate the connections between irrigation, gender, nutrition and health. The survey explores these linkages through an in-depth household questionnaire with questions on agricultural production, nutrition and health, a WEAI module and a community questionnaire. This work forms part of the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).

小规模灌溉创新实验室（Feed the Future Innovation Lab on Small-Scale Irrigation，缩写FTF-ILSSI）是由美国国际开发署（United States Agency for International Development，USAID）在“Feed the Future”全球粮食安全倡议框架下资助的合作项目，旨在开展提升粮食产量、改善营养状况、加速经济发展并助力环境保护的相关研究。本项目通过识别、测试并示范小规模灌溉与灌溉饲草料相关技术方案，并依托与利益相关方的持续对话机制，以及面向研究方法与实证成果可持续应用的能力建设工作，实现上述目标。本项目的合作方包括得克萨斯农工大学（Texas A&M University）、国际水管理研究所（International Water Management Institute，IWMI）、国际粮食政策研究所（International Food Policy Research Institute，IFPRI）、国际家畜研究所（International Livestock Research Institute，ILRI）、北卡罗来纳农工州立大学（North Carolina A&T State University，NCAT）以及得克萨斯农工农业生命研究所（Texas A&M AgriLife Research，TAMUS）。作为本项目的一部分，国际粮食政策研究所（IFPRI）正在埃塞俄比亚、坦桑尼亚与加纳开展针对灌溉农户与非灌溉农户的研究，以探究灌溉、性别、营养与健康之间的关联。本次调研通过涵盖农业生产、营养与健康相关问题的深度家庭问卷、女性农业赋权指数（Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index，WEAI）模块以及社区问卷，探究上述关联。此项研究属于国际农业研究磋商组织（Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research，CGIAR）水资源、土地与生态系统研究计划（Water, Land and Ecosystems，WLE）的组成部分。