TAFSSA District Agrifood Systems Assessment in Nepal 2023: Adolescent

TAFSSA (Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia) is a CGIAR Regional Integrated Initiative dedicated to supporting actions that enhance equitable access to sustainable, healthy diets, improve farmers' livelihoods and resilience, and conserve land, air, and water resources in South Asia. The TAFSSA district agrifood systems assessment aims to establish a reliable, accessible, and integrated evidence base linking farm production, market access, dietary patterns, climate risk responses, and natural resource management, with a focus on gender as a cross-cutting issue in rural areas of Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. The assessment is designed as a multi-year initiative at the district level. Data collection took place in March-April 2023 in the Surkhet and Banke districts in Nepal. For each household, three respondents were interviewed: 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). Additionally, the assessment involved a community questionnaire, where a key informant from each district village was interviewed. Interviews with adolescent household respondents utilized pretested, structured questionnaires. Information was gathered on food intake in the past 24 hours, school attendance, and aspirations.TAFSSA（南亚农业粮食系统转型计划，Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia）是国际农业研究磋商组织（CGIAR）旗下的区域综合倡议，致力于支持各类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，并保护土地、空气与水资源。TAFSSA区级农业粮食系统评估旨在构建一套可靠、可及且整合的证据基础，联结农场生产、市场准入、膳食结构、气候风险应对与自然资源管理实践，并将性别平等作为孟加拉国、印度与尼泊尔农村地区的跨领域核心议题。本次评估为一项区级层面的多年期行动计划，数据采集工作于2023年3月至4月在尼泊尔的苏尔凯特（Surkhet）与班克（Banke）区县开展。针对每个受访家庭，共访谈三名受访者：主要负责家庭事务的20岁及以上成年女性、主要承担农业生产活动的20岁及以上成年男性，以及10至19岁的青少年家庭成员。此外，本次评估还设置了社区问卷环节，对每个区县下辖村庄的一名关键知情人进行访谈。针对青少年家庭成员受访者的访谈采用了经过预测试的结构化问卷，调研收集了受访者过去24小时内的食物摄入情况、在校就读情况以及个人志向相关信息。