Focus Group Discussion Protocols on Livelihood Situation of Farmers in four Communities in Oromia, Ethiopia (2015)

In four kebeles (smalles administrative unit in Ethiopia: Bonda Megela, Gaba, Wabo, Wangene) in Oromia district gender-disaggregated focus group discussions on socio-economic aspects of farming communities were conducted. Aspects have been the institutional network of the village (with the help of the Venn Diagram tool, income and livelihood sources (with land, without land, with irrigation, without irrigation) with a focus on cash and food crops and vegetable production, market access, marketing structure and prices, land titles and inheritance arrangements, role of extension services, access to credit, contractfarming and future plans of children. Discussions were part of the NutriHAF project, which aims at diversifying diets and livelihoods through the promotion of multi-storey cropping in biosphere hotspots in Ethiopia and Madagascar. Purpose: Discussions were part of the NutriHAF project, which aims at diversifying diets and livelihoods through the promotion of multi-storey cropping in biosphere hotspots in Ethiopia and Madagascar. One workpackage of the project entirely deals with socioeconomic and gender issues in order to understand the farmers life realities, opportunities and challenges for the project. Because the project is highly participative and all crops and locations will be selected jointly with farmers and adoption rates as well as impact have proved to be much higher if socio-cultural contexts and gender relations are considered the focus group discussions and interviews serve to provide an overview on the social context and social relations in the locations.

在奥罗米亚地区的四个凯贝勒（埃塞俄比亚最小的行政单位：邦达梅格拉、加巴、瓦博、旺根内）中，针对农业社区的社经方面进行了性别分组的焦点小组讨论。讨论内容涵盖村庄的制度网络（借助韦恩图工具）、收入和生计来源（拥有土地、无土地、有灌溉、无灌溉）以及以现金作物和粮食作物以及蔬菜生产为重点，探讨市场准入、营销结构和价格、土地产权及继承安排、推广服务的作用、信贷获取、合同农业以及儿童的未来规划。这些讨论是NutriHAF项目的一部分，该项目旨在通过在埃塞俄比亚和马达加斯加的生物圈热点地区推广多层作物，以实现饮食和生计的多样化。目的：这些讨论是NutriHAF项目的一部分，该项目旨在通过在埃塞俄比亚和马达加斯加的生物圈热点地区推广多层作物，以实现饮食和生计的多样化。项目的一个工作包完全致力于社会经济和性别问题，以便理解农民的生活现实、项目的机会和挑战。由于项目高度参与性，所有作物和地点都将与农民共同选定，且如果考虑社会文化背景和性别关系，采纳率和影响已被证明要高得多，因此焦点小组讨论和访谈旨在提供对当地社会背景和社会关系的概览。