TAFSSA District Agrifood Systems Assessment in Bangladesh 2023: Female

TAFSSA (Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia) is a CGIAR Regional Integrated Initiative aimed at supporting actions that improve equitable access to sustainable healthy diets, enhance farmers’ livelihoods and resilience, and conserve land, air, and water resources in South Asia. The TAFSSA district agrifood systems assessment aims to provide a reliable, accessible, and integrated evidence base that links farm production, market access, dietary patterns, climate risk responses, and natural resource management with gender as a cross-cutting issue in rural areas of Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. It is designed to be a district-level multi-year assessment. Data were collected in February-March 2023 in the Rangpur and Rajshahi districts in Bangladesh. Three respondents were interviewed per household: a female adult (aged 20+ years) primarily responsible for managing the household, a male adult (aged 20+ years) primarily responsible for agricultural activities, and an adolescent (aged 10-19 years). The assessment also included a community questionnaire, which interviewed a key informant in the district villages. The female household respondent interviews were conducted using pretested, structured questionnaires. Information was collected on food intake in the past 24 hours, frequency of consumption of foods, food sources, drivers of food choices, exposure to food advertisements and nutrition-related messages, household food security, water access, food shopping practices, food aspirations, food consumption outside of the home, household tasks, perceptions of leisure, and household decision-making.TAFSSA（南亚粮食与农业系统转型计划，Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia）是国际农业研究磋商组织（CGIAR）发起的一项区域综合倡议，旨在支持一系列行动，以提升南亚地区人群公平获取可持续健康膳食的机会、改善农户生计与抗风险能力，并保护当地土地、空气与水资源。 TAFSSA县域粮食与农业系统评估旨在构建一套可靠、易用且整合完备的证据基础，将孟加拉国、印度与尼泊尔农村地区的农业生产、市场准入、膳食结构、气候风险应对、自然资源管理等维度，与作为跨领域议题的性别平等问题相结合。 该评估为县域层面的多年期评估项目。 数据采集工作于2023年2至3月在孟加拉国的朗布尔县（Rangpur）与拉杰沙希县（Rajshahi）开展。 每个受访家庭将邀请三名受访者参与访谈：一名主要负责家务管理的成年女性（年龄20岁及以上）、一名主要从事农业生产活动的成年男性（年龄20岁及以上），以及一名年龄介于10至19岁的青少年受访者。 本次评估同时包含社区问卷环节，对县域村庄中的关键信息提供人进行访谈。 针对家庭女性受访者的访谈采用经过预测试的结构化问卷开展。 本次采集的信息涵盖：过去24小时内的食物摄入情况、食物消费频次、食物来源、食物选择动因、接触食品广告与营养相关讯息的情况、家庭粮食安全状况、饮水获取条件、食品采购行为、食品消费期许、外出就餐情况、家庭事务分工、休闲认知以及家庭决策情况。