Rural Capacity Building Project 2009, Baseline - Ethiopia

Abstract
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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

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

Analysis unit
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Households

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

Kind of data
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Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure
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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.

Mode of data collection
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Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument
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The survey questionnaire consists of six sections.

摘要
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埃塞俄比亚农业与农村发展部（MoARD）于2006年启动了农村能力建设项目，旨在使农业服务与系统更加契合客户需求。具体而言，项目目标是使客户认识到经济可行且环境可持续的技术与实践。项目旨在在五个主要领域取得进步：农业技术与职业教育培训、农业推广服务、农业研究、MoARD内部的信息与通信系统，以及农业市场机构。项目还致力于提高女性在推广系统中的参与度，并对该地区HIV/AIDS及环境问题提供洞见。

关键变量
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- 农户对农村能力建设项目（RCBP）有效性的认知
- 与发展代理人（DA）及农户培训中心（FTC）的参与情况
- 与农户研究小组或农户研究推广小组的参与情况
- 家庭收入与消费的变化
- 土地地块维护与作物生产力
- 作物生产与利用
- 畜牧业利用

地理覆盖范围
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阿姆哈拉、奥罗米亚、SNNP、本尚古勒- Gumaz和 afar 地区

分析单元
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家庭

调查范围
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数据源自一项基线调查，用于评估两年前在埃塞俄比亚实施的农村能力建设项目（RCBP）的进展。

数据类型
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样本调查数据 [ssd]

抽样程序
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参与的家庭是从阿姆哈拉、奥罗米亚、SSNP、本尚古勒- Gumaz和afar地区随机选取的。样本包括来自埃塞俄比亚阿姆哈拉、奥罗米亚、SSNP、本尚古勒- Gumaz和afar地区的1,609户家庭。在这1,609户家庭中，有1,136名男性和473名女性受访者。其中，有10名男性受访者不是家庭户主，有46名女性不是家庭户主。因此，1,172户家庭由男性户主负责，437户家庭由女性户主负责。家庭平均人数为6人，主要由户主、配偶和子女组成。家庭户主的平均年龄约为44岁。最后，1,008户家庭户主未受过教育，596户家庭户主至少接受过一年的学校教育。

数据收集方式
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面对面 [f2f]

研究工具
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调查问卷由六个部分组成。