Rapid Characterisation of Farming Systems in Africa RISING- Ghana

This data study contains household and community survey data in support of Africa RISING farming systems analysis. About the project Project title: AfricaRISING- Sustainable Intensification of Maize-Legume-Livestock Integrated Farming Systems in East and Southern Africa Project abstract Sustainable intensification of mixed crop livestock systems is a key pathway towards better food security, improved livelihoods and a healthy environment. As part of the US government’s Feed the Future initiative to address hunger and food security issues in sub-Saharan Africa, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) is supporting three multi-stakeholder agricultural research projects to sustainably intensify key African farming systems. In East and Southern Africa the project is being implemented in Tanzania and Malawi, and Zambia. - In Tanzania the project is being implemented in Babati and Kongwa districts in Manyara region of northern Tanzania and Kiteto district in Dodoma region, central Tanzania. The action sites were selected to acknowledge agroecological differences, allow appropriate targeting of technologies and strategies, and complement the development efforts of another USAID-supported program, the Tanzania Staples Value Chain (NAFAKA) project. - In Malawi, the project is being implemented in Ntechu and Dedza districts in central Malawi where maize-based productions systems are dominant. Agroecological considerations guided the identification of research action sites. The pilot site for the study will be Eastern and Lusaka Provinces in Zambia. Project website: http://africa-rising.net Project start date: 01/04/2013 Project end date : 01/04/2014

本数据集收录了用于支撑非洲RISING（Africa RISING）农业系统分析的农户与社区调查数据。
关于本项目
项目名称：非洲RISING（Africa RISING）——东非与南部非洲玉米-豆科作物-畜牧综合农业系统的可持续集约化
项目摘要：农牧混合系统的可持续集约化是提升粮食安全、改善民生与维护环境健康的核心路径。作为美国政府Feed the Future（粮食未来倡议）应对撒哈拉以南非洲饥饿与粮食安全问题的组成部分，美国国际开发署（USAID）正支持三项多利益相关方农业研究项目，以推动非洲核心农业系统实现可持续集约化。
在东非与南部非洲地区，本项目分别在坦桑尼亚、马拉维与赞比亚实施：
- 在坦桑尼亚，项目实施区域为坦桑尼亚北部曼亚拉区（Manyara）的巴巴蒂（Babati）县与孔瓦（Kongwa）县，以及坦桑尼亚中部多多马区（Dodoma）的基特托（Kiteto）县。本次行动试点区域的遴选兼顾农业生态差异，可实现技术与策略的精准适配，并可与美国国际开发署支持的另一项目——坦桑尼亚主食价值链（NAFAKA）项目的发展工作形成互补。
- 在马拉维，项目实施区域为马拉维中部的恩彻乌（Ntechu）县与代扎（Dedza）县，该区域以玉米主导型生产系统为主。本次研究行动试点区域的遴选以农业生态考量为依据。
本研究的试点区域设定为赞比亚的东部省（Eastern）与卢萨卡省（Lusaka）。
项目官网：http://africa-rising.net
项目启动日期：2013年4月1日
项目结束日期：2014年4月1日