Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa 2016 - Burkina Faso

Abstract
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The Alliance for a Green Revolution (AGRA) is an organisation that is at the forefront of agricultural intervention programs in Burkina Faso as well as in other sub-Saharan African countries, including Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali and Mozambique. Data for the first three countries is available from the ISSER ACEIR Data Hub.

AGRA objectives are to increase farmer productivity through access to quality inputs, reduce post-harvest losses through access to post-harvest storage technologies and support farmers through an enabling policy environment. The Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) conducted a baseline survey of farmer households in five regions in Burkina Faso. Farmer households in Boucle de Mouhoun, Cascades, Centre-Est, Centre-Ouest and Hauts-Bassins were sampled to create baseline data of farming practices, yields, post-harvest loss and other features of the value chain in the cultivation of four major crop, namely maize, rice, sorghum and cowpea. The data seeks to help identify some key challenges to the production of these crops in the five regions, and support the development and subsequent evaluation of AGRA interventions over the five-year period.

Geographic coverage
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The study collected data from farmer households in five regions of Burkina Faso: Boucle de Mouhoun, Cascades, Centre-Est, Centre-Ouest, and Hauts-Bassins.

Analysis unit
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Households and individuals

Kind of data
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Focus group and survey data

Mode of data collection
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Face-to-Face Interviews and Focus Groups

Research instrument
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Two data collection instruments were employed to collect data for the qualitative baseline study. These are semi-structured interview and discussion guides. A questionnaire was then administered to randomly selected households for the quantitative interviews.

{'Abstract': '摘要：
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绿色革命联盟（AGRA）是一家处于布基纳法索及其他撒哈拉以南非洲国家（包括布基纳法索、加纳、马里和莫桑比克）农业干预项目前沿的组织。来自ISSER ACEIR数据中心的数据提供了前三个国家的数据。

AGRA的宗旨是通过提供优质投入品来提高农民的生产力，通过提供产后储存技术来减少产后损失，并通过营造有利的政策环境来支持农民。
统计社会与经济研究所（ISSER）对布基纳法索五个地区的农民家庭进行了基线调查。在Boucle de Mouhoun、Cascades、Centre-Est、Centre-Ouest和Hauts-Bassins地区选取的农民家庭样本，旨在创建四大作物（玉米、水稻、高粱和豆类）种植的耕作实践、产量、产后损失及其他价值链特征的基础数据。这些数据旨在帮助识别五个地区这些作物生产中的一些关键挑战，并支持AGRA干预措施在五年期间的开发和后续评估。

地理覆盖范围：
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研究收集了布基纳法索五个地区（Boucle de Mouhoun、Cascades、Centre-Est、Centre-Ouest和Hauts-Bassins）农民家庭的数据。

分析单元：
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家庭和个人

数据类型：
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焦点小组和调查数据

数据收集方式：
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面对面访谈和焦点小组

研究工具：
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在定性基线研究中，采用了两种数据收集工具：半结构化访谈和讨论指南。随后，对随机选取的家庭进行了定量访谈的问卷调查。'}