INTRACOF - The impact of intra household decision making on the sustainability, efficiency and equitability of household farming in sub-Saharan Africa.

This data was collected in the framework of the MSCA-IF-2015-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship project with the acronym INTRACOF. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 702964. https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/200274/factsheet/en This research project assessed the extent to which more participatory intrahousehold decision-making about production and resource allocation contributes to more sustainable, efficient and equitable household farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa, more specifically smallholder coffee farming systems in central Uganda (Masaka-Kalungu and Mubende) and south-west Tanzania (Mbeya). An intervention in which spouses in household are intensely coached in participatory decision-making about production, resource allocation and income expenditure was randomly encouraged among Ugandan and Tanzanian smallholder coffee farming households. A lab-in-the-field experiment was conducted at endline which permits to appraise if provision and appropriation behaviour by spouses in households who were coached in, respectively made aware about, participatory intrahousehold decision-making is more cooperative, than in control households. The impact of participatory intrahousehold-decision making on the sustainability, efficiency and equitability of the outcomes from provision and appropriation behaviour in household farming systems can be studied with using the baseline and endline individual survey data collected among spouses in treatment and control households. The intervention, implemented by the Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) had two stages (https://www.hrnstiftung.org/gender/). In an initial stage, awareness raising couple seminars were organised. In the couple seminars, which take three to four hours, the HRNS gender officer guides couples through a self-assessment of the current division of roles, responsibilities, decision-making power and control over resources in their household. In a next stage of the intervention, a selection of couples who participated in the couple seminars goes through a package of activities during which the couples are intensively coached on how to implement participatory intrahousehold decision-making. A first activity is a one-day workshop for couples focused on putting participatory planning and decision making into practice. Drafting a joint household farm plan and budget is an essential tool for this activity. Secondly, the couples receive a subsequent household visit during which the HRNS gender officer continues the coaching and provides support with the implementation of the farm plan and budget. Thirdly, women attend a women leadership training to strengthen their participation and leadership skills within farmer groups and in their household. The final activity is a follow-up workshop in which couples share experiences and self-evaluate the coaching package.本数据集采集自缩写为INTRACOF的玛丽·斯克洛多夫斯卡-居里个人奖学金（Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship）项目MSCA-IF-2015-EF框架。本项目获欧盟地平线2020（Horizon 2020）研究与创新计划资助，资助协议编号为702964，项目详情可参阅：https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/200274/factsheet/en。 本研究项目旨在评估，在撒哈拉以南非洲的小农咖啡种植体系中——具体为乌干达中部（马萨卡-卡伦古及穆本德地区）与坦桑尼亚西南部（姆贝亚地区）的小农咖啡种植体系——更具参与式特征的家庭内部生产与资源分配决策，对构建更可持续、高效且公平的家庭农业系统的贡献程度。 研究团队针对乌干达及坦桑尼亚的小农咖啡种植家庭，随机推广一项干预措施：对家庭配偶间关于生产、资源分配及收入支出的参与式决策开展高强度辅导。研究团队在项目期末开展了田间实验室实验（lab-in-the-field experiment），以评估接受辅导或知晓参与式家庭决策的家庭中，配偶的资源分配与占用行为是否比对照组家庭更具合作性。 通过采集处理组与对照组家庭配偶的基线及期末个人调查数据，可开展相关研究，以分析参与式家庭决策对家庭农业系统中资源分配与占用行为结果的可持续性、效率及公平性的影响。 本干预措施由汉斯·R·诺依曼基金会（Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung, HRNS）实施，分为两个阶段：第一阶段为意识提升夫妻研讨会，时长3至4小时，由HRNS性别官员引导夫妻双方对当前家庭内角色分工、责任分配、决策权及资源控制权现状开展自我评估。第二阶段则针对参与过夫妻研讨会的夫妻群体，开展一系列辅导活动以强化其参与式家庭决策的实践能力：其一，开设为期一日的夫妻工作坊，聚焦参与式规划与决策的落地实践，其中制定联合家庭农场计划与预算为核心工具；其二，开展后续家庭走访，由HRNS性别官员继续提供辅导，并支持农场计划与预算的落地实施；其三，组织女性参与者参加女性领导力培训，以提升其在农民群体及家庭中的参与能力与领导技能；其四，举办后续工作坊，供夫妻双方分享实践经验并对整套辅导方案开展自我评估。相关干预详情可参阅：https://www.hrnstiftung.org/gender/。