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Item FABLE Scenathon database 2023(Dataset, 2024-06-24) Douzal, Clara; Chemarin, Charlotte; Mosnier, Aline; Orduña-Cabrera, Fernando; Jones, Sarah; Adenäuer, Lucie; Vittis, Yiorgos; Cozza, Davide; Diaz, Maria; Javalera Rincón, Valeria; Rios, Alejandro; Sandoval, Marcial; Obersteiner, Michael; Navarrete Frias, Carolina; Obersteiner, Michael; Declerck, Fabrice; Frank, Federico; Monjeau, Adrian; Bertranou, Camila; Navarro Garcia, Javier; Marcos-Martinez, Raymundo; Costa, Wanderson; Ramos, Fernando; Reyes, René; Zerriffi, Hisham; Paradis, Gregory; Maloney, Avery; Chavarro, John; Peña, Andres; Arguello, Ricardo; Escobar, Jorge; Marimon Bolivar, Wilfredo; Højte, Simone; Skou Fertin, Regitze; Fraas, Emil; Nyord, Tavs; Getaneh, Yonas; Nigussie, Yirgalem; Bekele, Mekonnen; Mulatu, Kalkidan; Abera, Wuletawu; Balcha, Yodit; Anshiso, Desalegn; Mohammed, Jemal; Assefa, Beneberu; Kebede, Kaleab; Eshetae, Meron; Hamza, Tagay; Tesfaye, Getachew; Tamene, Lulseged; Lehtonen, Heikki; Rämö, Janne; Rasche, Livia; Schneider, Uwe; Steinhauser, Jan; Landis, Conrad; Dellis, Konstantinos; Ioannou, Alexandra; Chatzigiannakou, Maria Angeliki; Laspidou, Chrysi; Koundouri, Phoebe; Saha, Ankit; Singh, Vartika; Das, Prantika; Joshi, Aditi; Jha, Chandan Kumar; Ghosh, Ranjan Kumar; Lotze-Campen, Hermann; Stevanović, Miodrag; Fuad, habiburrachman; Gonzalez-Abraham, Charlotte; Olguín, Marcela; Rodriguez Ramirez, Sonia; McCord, Gordon; Torres-Rojo, Juan Manuel; Flores-Martinez, Arturo; Cardenas Hernandez, Oscar; Avila Ortega, Daniel; Basnet, Shyam; Pradhan, Prajal; Acharya, Sushant; Uprety, Rajendra; Pokhrel, Pashupati; Khatri, Dil; Basnet, Ram; Van Oort, Bob; Daloz, Anne-Sophie; Strokov, Anton; Imanirareba, Dative; Hall, Marianne; Fetzer, Ingo; Tacer Caba, Zeynep; Kesici, Müge; Özuyar, Pinar; Smith, Alison; Lynch, John; Harrison, Paula; Jones, Sarah; Whittaker, Freya; Wu, Grace C.; Baker, Justin; Wade, ChristopherThis database contains key parameters and variables from the 2023 Scenathon which has been run by the Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-Use, and Energy (FABLE) Consortium. A scenathon - a scenario marathon - is a multi-objective challenge that allows a decentralized global modelling approach with multiple models developed by different teams in the world at national and regional scales, and a methodology to link them ensuring international trade consistency and tracking collective progress towards the achievement of global sustainability targets. A description and analysis of the Scenathon 2023 pathways has been published in Sachs et al. (2024). The Scenathon 2023 database includes results at the global, country and rest of the world regions levels, for indicators related to food and nutrition security, land and biodiversity, GHG emissions from agriculture and land use change, and input use in agriculture. It also includes key parameters that can be used to explain the results, such as the evolution of productivity and all supply and use balance items at the commodity level. It is possible to visualise some of the key results on the Scenathon dashboard.Item Baseline data for Yemen School Milk Initiative Study(Dataset, 2024-12-30) International Food Policy Research InstituteIFPRI, in collaboration with implementation partners HSA Group and World Food Programme, evaluated the impact of adding a milk intervention to a micronutrient fortified school feeding program. The study is a cluster randomized control trial (cRCT) that took place in 42 schools in Al Mukha district, Yemen. The evaluation includes baseline surveys with households and schools conducted before implementing the milk intervention (November-December 2023), and endline surveys conducted with the same households and schools after the interventions (April-May 2024). These datasets are with respect to the baseline surveys and contains baseline household and school data. The first part comprises household-level modules such as household roster, housing, assets, food security, and occurrence of shocking events. The second part comprises individual-level modules administered to children receiving the program, which include nutritional status, diet, health, cognition, and learning. The last part includes the school level modules such as infrastructure and food environment, administered to school staff.Item The impact of site-specific soil fertility recommendations: Experimental evidence from Malawi(Other, 2024-09-12) Van Campenhout, Bjorn; De Weerdt, Joachim; Assefa, Thomas; Spielman, David J.; Siyame, Edwin; Ariong, Richard; Atkinson, JonathanRaising agricultural productivity among smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa is widely recognized as an important component of inclusive wealth creation and structural transformation. Central to this endeavor will be the adoption of sustainable soil and land management to improve the sustainability, resilience and productivity of agriculture. As such, government advise farmers to increase soil productivity by embracing the use of fertilizers and implement proper soil health management practices. However, these recommendations mostly come in the form of blanket one-size-fits-all recommendations that ignore heterogeneity in soil characteristics that individual farmers face. Using a cluster randomize control trial, we evaluate the impact of a bundled intervention that involves offering farmers a soil test on a plot they select and, using the results of this soil test, provide them with tailored advise on soil management to attain a desired yield for a particular crop the farmer chooses to plant on the plot. Furthermore, we also explore resources constraints as a potential barrier to the adoption of site specific fertilizer blends by adding a subsidy. JEL codes: O33, Q12, Q16Item Simulated Future Climates for Ethiopia Using MIT-IGSM HFDs Based on CMIP5(Dataset, 2024-12-30) International Food Policy Research Institute; Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe dataset consists of high-resolution climate projections spanning 50 years, capturing spatial and temporal variations in temperature, precipitation, and extreme weather events. These climate inputs were combined with agricultural models to simulate the frequency, intensity, and impact of weather events on the yields of key crops, such as maize, in Ethiopia. It integrates hybrid frequency distributions (HFDs) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Integrated Global Systems Model (MIT-IGSM) with detrended gridded historical climates from Princeton Global Forcings. Using a Gaussian quadrature routine, 455 representative climate scenarios were selected for Ethiopia under each emissions scenario (SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0, and SSP5-8.5). This comprehensive dataset provides critical insights into the risks posed by climate change to food security and serves as a valuable resource for researchers and policymakers aiming to develop adaptive strategies for sustainable agriculture.Item Myanmar Agricultural Performance Survey Round Three: Note on Sample Characteristics and Weighting(Data Paper, 2024-12-11) Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support ActivityThe Myanmar Agricultural Performance Survey (MAPS) Round 3 provides nationally and sub-nationally representative data on agricultural performance, integrating insights from 4,892 farming households. Conducted between January and March 2023, this survey leverages phone-based data collection to address logistical challenges posed by Myanmar's remote and conflict-affected regions. MAPS modules encompass critical agricultural indicators, including crop production, marketing, input usage, farm assets, and services. The survey design integrates rigorous sampling and weighting strategies to ensure representation across demographic and geographical strata. Findings highlight variations in agricultural practices between seasons and years, alongside challenges in household retention due to conflict and infrastructure limitations. Despite attrition and inherent limitations of phone surveys, MAPS successfully enumerated 271 out of 324 townships, contributing vital data for understanding agricultural dynamics in Myanmar.Item Migration Propensity Index Validation Survey, Honduras(Dataset, 2024-12-29) International Food Policy Research InstituteThis dataset documents migration and empowerment indicators from a two-round survey conducted in Western Honduras as part of a study validating the Migration Propensity Index (MPI). The baseline survey (May–June 2023) reached 1,209 households across six departments, using a multi-stage cluster sampling strategy prioritizing municipalities with high migration prevalence. Data included MPI questions and potential migration factors. A follow-up survey (May–June 2024) re-interviewed 1,094 households, with additional tracking efforts yielding data on migration for 1,176 households (97% of the baseline). Migration was categorized as internal (to a different department) or external (outside Honduras). The follow-up survey also collected empowerment data on a theoretically-informed subset of indicators from the Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS) from one household respondent, focusing on intrinsic, instrumental, and collective agency, as well as agency-enabling resources, aggregated into a single empowerment index.Item Unpacking Joint Decision-making(Dataset, 2024-04-15) Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) InitiativeThe Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) initiative aims to broaden and deepen the measurement of women’s agency, based on the development of new tools and rigorous testing and comparison of both new and existing methods for measuring agency, and promoting the adoption of these measures at scale. By increasing the availability of innovative meaningful measures of agency for a broad range of contexts, we hope our work will lead to an improved understanding of what women’s agency is, how it manifests and how it can best be measured across contexts given the research question at hand. Improving women’s decision-making power is crucial for advancing gender equality. But evidence shows that wives and husbands have systematically different perceptions of who makes these decisions across contexts and intra-household disagreement is often not random; women “taking power” correlates with other women’s empowerment variables. This could be because the standard decision-making answer options “wife, husband, joint” is too categorical and it does not allow us to capture the strength in decision-making power (thinking it as a continuum), or because men and women have a different understanding of what sole/joint decision-making is. This tool, Unpacking Joint Decision-making, allows us to elicit responses regarding subjective assessments of a hypothetical married couple under different scenarios that involve the wife and the husband making household decisions around large household purchases. This tool is suited for nationally representative individual- or household-level surveys, and for targeted thematic or impact evaluation surveys designed to understand individuals' agency and decision-making. This data study includes following files. 1. A survey document (including implementation guidelines) 2. Two files, CAPI_Choices and CAPI_Survey, along with the accompanying files, can be used to construct a CAPI program ready for survey implementation. Alternatively, users can use an Excel workbook "CAPI_.xlsx" that includes worksheets for survey and choices, along with others, for constructing a CAPI program ready for survey implementation.Item TAFSSA District Agrifood Systems Assessment in Nepal 2023: Retail Survey(Dataset, 2024-12-09) International Rice Research Institute; International Food Policy Research InstituteTAFSSA (Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia) is a CGIAR Regional Integrated Initiative aimed at advancing equitable access to sustainable healthy diets, enhancing farmers' livelihoods and resilience, and conserving natural resources such as land, air, and water across South Asia. The TAFSSA district agrifood systems assessment seeks to establish a robust, accessible, and integrated evidence base that connects farm production, market access, dietary patterns, climate risk responses, and natural resource management, with gender considerations integrated throughout. The assessment focuses on rural areas in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, utilizing a district-level, multi-year approach. Data was collected between February and June 2023 in the Banke and Surkhet districts of Nepal. The survey covered 25 wards in each district, focusing on formal and informal retail shops operating in the sampled villages. The types of retail shops included local grocery stores and specialized shops selling meat, fish, eggs, or dairy products. The survey employed pretested, structured questionnaires organized into three modules: 1. Interview-Based Module: Captured vendor information, assortments of essential goods, availability, resilience, food sourcing, food wastage, and dimensions of access and protection. 2. Observation + Photo-Based Module: Documented market infrastructure, food quality, safety, and hygiene aspects. 3. Food List Module: Recorded the availability and prices of an exhaustive list of food items found in the location.Item Understanding the Meanings of Ownership(Dataset, 2024-04-15) Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) InitiativeThe Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) initiative aims to broaden and deepen the measurement of women’s agency, based on the development of new tools and rigorous testing and comparison of both new and existing methods for measuring agency, and promoting the adoption of these measures at scale. By increasing the availability of innovative meaningful measures of agency for a broad range of contexts, we hope our work will lead to an improved understanding of what women’s agency is, how it manifests and how it can best be measured across contexts given the research question at hand. Expanding women’s asset ownership is key for improving gender equality and promoting economic development and well-being. A widespread challenge in data collection is that ownership can have different meanings across contexts, particularly regarding which components of the bundle of rights comprise ownership. Yet, surveys often implicitly assume that all rights are held by the same person. This tool, Understanding the Meanings of Ownership, allows us to elicit responses regarding subjective assessments of what ownership entails by presenting different scenarios in which the main premise is a woman owning a particular asset, but scenarios differ on the rights that women have over the asset. The multiple questions aim to assess how the answers may vary by type of asset and women’s status in the household (living with a partner, living with in-laws, living with her parents). To fully understand individuals’ understanding of ownership, it is useful to have this tool alongside modules that solicit information on individual’s ownership of the asset. This data study includes following files. 1. A survey document (including implementation guidelines) 2.Two files, CAPI_Choices and CAPI_Survey, along with the accompanying help files, can be used to construct a CAPI program ready for survey implementation. Alternatively, users can use an Excel workbook "CAPI_.xlsx" that includes worksheets for survey and choices, along with others, for constructing a CAPI program ready for survey implementation.Item TAFSSA District Agrifood Systems Assessment in Nepal 2023: Market Survey(Dataset, 2024-12-09) International Rice Research Institute; International Food Policy Research InstituteTAFSSA (Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia) is a CGIAR Regional Integrated Initiative aimed at advancing equitable access to sustainable healthy diets, enhancing farmers' livelihoods and resilience, and conserving natural resources such as land, air, and water across South Asia. The TAFSSA district agrifood systems assessment seeks to establish a robust, accessible, and integrated evidence base that connects farm production, market access, dietary patterns, climate risk responses, and natural resource management, with gender considerations integrated throughout. The assessment focuses on rural areas in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, utilizing a district-level, multi-year approach. Data was collected between February and June 2023 in the Banke and Surkhet districts of Nepal. The survey covered 25 wards in each district, focusing on formal and informal multi-vendor markets offering a variety of food products. The survey utilized pretested, structured questionnaires divided into three distinct modules: 1. Interview-Based Module: Gathered information on vendors, assortments of essential goods, availability, resilience, food sourcing, food wastage, and dimensions of access and protection. 2. Observation + Photo-Based Module: Documented market details, infrastructure, and aspects related to food quality, safety, and hygiene. 3. Food List Module: Recorded the availability and prices of an extensive list of food items found in the markets.Item Valuation of Time and Money(Dataset, 2024-04-16) Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) InitiativeThe Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) initiative aims to broaden and deepen the measurement of women’s agency, based on the development of new tools and rigorous testing and comparison of both new and existing methods for measuring agency, and promoting the adoption of these measures at scale. By increasing the availability of innovative meaningful measures of agency for a broad range of contexts, we hope our work will lead to an improved understanding of what women’s agency is, how it manifests and how it can best be measured across contexts given the research question at hand. This tool, Valuation of Time and Money, comprises survey questions, vignettes and a simple scale to understand how men and women value additional time (including work flexibility) versus additional income, their current level of control over their time and income, and their related gender attitudes. Understanding individuals’ preferences over time and money is crucial for accurately capturing welfare and the impact of development programs. Moreover, measuring disparities in how men and women perceive and manage their time and financial resources is crucial for inclusive policymaking. This data study includes following files. 1. A survey document (including implementation guidelines). 2.Two files, CAPI_Choices and CAPI_Survey, along with the accompanying files, can be used to construct a CAPI program ready for survey implementation. Alternatively, users can use an Excel workbook "CAPI_.xlsx" that includes worksheets for survey and choices, along with others, for constructing a CAPI program ready for survey implementation.Item Time-use Agency(Dataset, 2024-04-18) Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) InitiativeThe Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) initiative aims to broaden and deepen the measurement of women’s agency, based on the development of new tools and rigorous testing and comparison of both new and existing methods for measuring agency, and promoting the adoption of these measures at scale. By increasing the availability of innovative meaningful measures of agency for a broad range of contexts, we hope our work will lead to an improved understanding of what women’s agency is, how it manifests and how it can best be measured across contexts given the research question at hand. Time allocations display highly gendered patterns across the globe. Women experience much higher levels of time poverty due to the disproportionate share of care and domestic work they bear. The standard time-use modules allow us to understand how individuals allocate their time across different activities. But they are silent on individuals’ preferences regarding such allocations. This tool aims to measure time-use agency, defined as the confidence in and the ability to make an act upon strategic choices about how to allocate one’s time. This data study includes following files. 1. A survey document (including implementation guidelines)Item TAFSSA District Agrifood Systems Assessment in Nepal 2023: Male(Dataset, 2024-02-28) International Food Policy Research InstituteTAFSSA (Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia) is a CGIAR Regional Integrated Initiative that seeks to support actions enhancing equitable access to sustainable healthy diets, improving farmers’ livelihoods and resilience, and conserving land, air, and water resources in South Asia. The TAFSSA district agrifood systems assessment aims to provide a reliable, accessible, and integrated evidence base linking 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 as a district-level multi-year assessment. Data were collected in March-April 2023 in the Surkhet and Banke districts in Nepal. 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 interviews with male household respondents were conducted using pretested, structured questionnaires. Information was collected on food intake in the past 24 hours, household composition, agricultural land and activities, crop production and sales, homestead crops, livestock, fish cultivation, future farming aspirations, climate risk and adaptation, asset ownership, access to amenities, participation in social safety net programs, organization membership, migration, and access to credit.Item TAFSSA District Agrifood Systems Assessment in Nepal 2023: Female(Dataset, 2024-02-27) International Food Policy Research InstituteTAFSSA (Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia) is a CGIAR Regional Integrated Initiative to support actions that improve 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 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 Surkhet and Banke districts in Nepal. 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 interviews with female household respondent 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.Item SPIR II Group Problem Management Plus (gPM+) Baseline Survey in Tigray, Ethiopia(Dataset, 2024-12-29) International Food Policy Research InstituteThis study's objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of a low-cost psychotherapy intervention, group Problem Management Plus (gPM+), in improving mental health, child development, and related outcomes among rural Ethiopian households. gPM+ was delivered in separate arms by government-employed Health Extension Workers (HEWs) or stipended Local Facilitators (LFs) engaged by an NGO. Participants were drawn from the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) in Tigray, targeting individuals aged 18–64 years who showed signs of moderate to moderately severe depression. Villages across four districts were randomized into three arms: control, gPM+ delivered by HEWs, and gPM+ delivered by LFs. The study will be evaluated through a baseline, one-month and 12 month follow-up surveys. The data included here is from the screening and baseline surveys. The screening survey was conducted on 16,872 households to identify eligible individuals for the study, immediately followed by a baseline survey on the 3,744 households with an eligible respondent. The baseline survey collects information on household and individual characteristics including mental health, economic activities, and social behaviors. The data is organized by survey modules, screening modules include modules SA and SB, baseline modules include modules A-K. Module Z is last module on interview status filled out for all households that were screened.Item TAFSSA District Agrifood Systems Assessment in Nepal 2023: Community(Dataset, 2024-02-27) International Food Policy Research InstituteTAFSSA (Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia) is a CGIAR Regional Integrated Initiative aimed at 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 seeks to provide a reliable, accessible, and integrated evidence base linking 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 as a district-level multi-year assessment. Data were collected in March-April 2023 in the Surkhet and Banke districts in Nepal. 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 that 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, machine rental costs during the agricultural season, infrastructure, and groundwater and land use.Item TAFSSA District Agrifood Systems Assessment in Nepal 2023: Adolescent(Dataset, 2024-02-07) International Food Policy Research InstituteTAFSSA (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.Item TAFSSA District Agrifood Systems Assessment in India 2023: Retail Survey(Dataset, 2024-12-09) International Rice Research Institute; International Food Policy Research InstituteTAFSSA (Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia) is a CGIAR Regional Integrated Initiative aimed at advancing equitable access to sustainable healthy diets, enhancing farmers' livelihoods and resilience, and conserving natural resources such as land, air, and water across South Asia. The TAFSSA district agrifood systems assessment seeks to establish a robust, accessible, and integrated evidence base that connects farm production, market access, dietary patterns, climate risk responses, and natural resource management, with gender considerations integrated throughout. The assessment focuses on rural areas in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, utilizing a district-level, multi-year approach. Data was collected between February and June 2023 in the Nalanda district of India. The survey encompassed 50 villages in the district, focusing on formal and informal retail shops operating within the sampled villages. The types of retail shops included local grocery stores and specialized shops selling meat, fish, eggs, or dairy products. The survey utilized pretested, structured questionnaires divided into three distinct modules: 1. Interview-Based Module: Captured vendor information, assortments of essential goods, availability, resilience, food sourcing, food wastage, and dimensions of access and protection. 2. Observation + Photo Module: Documented market information, infrastructure, and aspects related to food quality, safety, and hygiene. 3. Food List Module: Recorded the availability and prices of a comprehensive list of food items found in the areaItem TAFSSA District Agrifood Systems Assessment in India 2023: Market Survey(Dataset, 2024-12-09) International Rice Research Institute; International Food Policy Research InstituteTAFSSA (Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia) is a CGIAR Regional Integrated Initiative aimed at advancing equitable access to sustainable healthy diets, enhancing farmers' livelihoods and resilience, and conserving natural resources such as land, air, and water across South Asia. The TAFSSA district agrifood systems assessment seeks to establish a robust, accessible, and integrated evidence base that connects farm production, market access, dietary patterns, climate risk responses, and natural resource management, with gender considerations integrated throughout. The assessment focuses on rural areas in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, utilizing a district-level, multi-year approach. Data collection took place between February and June 2023 in the Nalanda district of Bihar, India. The survey covered 50 villages in the district, focusing on formal and informal multi-vendor markets offering various food products within a 10-kilometer radius of the village centroid. The types of multi-vendor markets included village markets, weekly village markets, roadside/street markets, and wholesale markets (mandis). The survey employed pretested, structured questionnaires divided into three distinct modules: 1. Interview-Based Module: Collected data on vendor information, assortments of essential goods, availability, resilience, food sourcing, food wastage, and dimensions of access and protection. 2. Observation + Photo Module: Documented market information, infrastructure, and the quality, safety, and hygiene of the market. 3. Food List Module: Recorded the availability and prices of a comprehensive list of food items found at the location.Item TAFSSA District Agrifood Systems Assessment in India 2023: Male(Dataset, 2024-02-27) International Food Policy Research InstituteTAFSSA (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 linking 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 male household respondent interviews were conducted using pretested, structured questionnaires. Information was collected on food intake in the past 24 hours, household composition, agricultural land and activities, crop production and sales, homestead crops, livestock, fish cultivation, future farming aspirations, climate risk and adaptation, asset ownership, access to amenities, social safety net programs, organization membership, migration, and access to credit.