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.本数据集依托于缩写为INTRACOF的玛丽·斯克洛多夫斯卡-居里个人奖学金项目（MSCA-IF-2015-EF）采集。本项目获得欧盟“地平线2020”研究与创新计划资助，资助协议编号为702964，项目详情可查询：https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/200274/factsheet/en 本研究旨在评估：在撒哈拉以南非洲地区，具体为乌干达中部（马萨卡-卡隆古、穆本德）与坦桑尼亚西南部（姆贝亚）的小农咖啡种植体系中，更具参与性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促进作用。研究团队在乌干达与坦桑尼亚的小农咖啡种植家庭中，随机选取部分家庭实施干预：对其配偶双方开展生产、资源分配与收入支出领域的参与式决策强化辅导。本研究在项目终期开展田间实验室实验（lab-in-the-field experiment），以评估接受参与式家庭内部决策辅导、或仅了解该模式的家庭配偶，其资源分配与占用行为是否较对照组家庭更具合作性。可依托采集自干预组与对照组家庭配偶的基线（baseline）与终期（endline）个人调研数据，分析参与式家庭内部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、效率与公平性的影响。 本次干预由汉斯·R·诺依曼基金会（Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung, HRNS）实施，分为两个阶段，项目详情可查询：https://www.hrnstiftung.org/gender/。第一阶段为举办认知提升类夫妻研讨会，每场研讨会耗时3至4小时，由基金会性别事务专员引导夫妻完成自我评估，内容涵盖当前家庭内的角色分工、责任划分、决策权力与资源掌控状况。 干预的第二阶段将从参与过夫妻研讨会的夫妻中遴选对象，开展一系列强化辅导活动，教授落地参与式家庭内部决策的方法。具体活动包括：其一，开设为期一天的夫妻工作坊，聚焦参与式规划与决策的实践操作，其中起草联合家庭农场计划与预算为核心实操工具；其二，为夫妻提供后续家庭入户辅导，由基金会性别事务专员持续开展指导，并协助落实农场计划与预算；其三，组织女性参与女性领导力培训，以提升其在农民群体与家庭中的参与能力与领导力；其四，举办后续经验分享工作坊，供夫妻交流实践经验并自我评估整个辅导项目的实施效果。