TAFSSA District Agrifood Systems Assessment in India 2023: Community

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 March-April 2023 in the Nalanda district in India. 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 community questionnaire was conducted using pretested, structured questionnaires. Information was collected on village demographic composition, wage rates and machine rental costs during the agricultural season, infrastructure, and groundwater and land use.TAFSSA（南亚粮食农业体系转型，Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia）是国际农业研究磋商小组（CGIAR）的区域综合倡议，旨在支持各类行动以改善南亚地区可持续健康膳食的公平可及性，提升农户的生计水平与抗风险韧性，并保护当地土地、空气与水资源。 TAFSSA区级粮食农业体系评估项目旨在构建一套可靠、可及且整合化的证据基础，将孟加拉国、印度与尼泊尔农村地区的农场生产、市场准入、膳食模式、气候风险应对与自然资源管理等环节，与作为跨领域核心议题的性别平等相联结。本项目为区级层面的多年期评估。 数据采集工作于2023年3-4月在印度那烂陀县开展。每个受访家庭需访谈三名对象：主要负责料理家庭事务的20岁以上成年女性、主要从事农业生产活动的20岁以上成年男性，以及10至19岁的青少年受访者。 本次评估同时涵盖社区问卷模块，对辖区村庄内的关键知情人进行访谈；社区问卷采用经过预测试的结构化问卷开展。采集的信息涵盖村庄人口结构、农季期间的薪资水平与农机租赁成本、基础设施状况，以及地下水与土地利用情况。