Household Survey for Evaluation of Chad Resilience and Food Security Project, 2015

<p>The <span style="font-style: italic;">Household Survey for Evaluation of Chad Resilience and Food Security Project, 2015</span> data were collected by Oxfam for an Effectiveness Review of the 'Reinforcing Resilience Capacity in Bahr el Gazal' project in the 2014/15 financial year. It should be noted that this project was active between April 2011 and March 2014. This Effectiveness Review was later expanded to include the project 'Improving the Food Security Information System in Guera Region' (usually referred to by its French acronym, PASISAT), which was active between February 2011 and March 2014. <br><br>The main activities carried out by the project in Bahr el Gazal included the distribution of seeds and tools, training on agricultural techniques, training of community animal-health workers, restocking of sheep and goats, vaccination of livestock, and training on market gardening. The main objective of the project PASISAT in Guera was to strengthen the region's Food Security Information System by establishing processes under which data on meteorological conditions and crop production are collected regularly by officials within each canton, and submitted to a central coordinating office. The participants also benefited from support in market gardening; training on seed replication techniques, soil conservation and restoration work; and promotion of improved nutritional practices. <br><br>Data collection took place from January to February 2015 in Bahr el Gazal and Guera. The intervention group consisted of a random sample of project households in Bahar el Gazal that were assessed as being 'poor' or 'very poor' and a random sample of project households in Guera that had participated in the market gardening and seed-replication activities. The comparison group consisted of a randomly selected sample of households from communities located in the area, but where none of the project activities had been carried out.<br><br></p>