Ghana - Afrint Village Level Data 2002 and 2008, Round I & II

Start	End	Cycle
2001	2002	N/A
2007	2008	N/A

Start	End	Cycle
2001		5 Years
2007		5 Years

Face-to-face [f2f]
The research team worked with a two prowned strategy for collecting data building simultaneausly on qualitative methods. The core of the latter is a survey which gives the quantitative backbone of the study.

The study relied on two strategies: first by drawing as much as possible on diachronic and historic data in the collection of qualitative material and other secondary data. This was done in the macro studies, conducted by the partners in each country and subjected to comparative by the Swidish team.

Second, the research team built a temporal dimension into the survey by asking the recall method, asking farmers to compare the present situation to earlier times.

Scope of Surey Round I (2001-2005)

Population size and land use
Agricultural dynamism: agro-ecology
Agricultural dynamism: infrastructure and markets
State interventions
Markets
Farmer organisations
Land and land tenure
Credit
History of intensification (indicators)
Labour:
Economic constraints and facilitating factors
Gender aspects:

Scope of Survey Round II (2007-2010).

Section I
Village identification
Summary on agro-ecological potential
Section II
General village characteristics
Population size and land use
Infrastructure land and land tenure
Agricultural dynamism: agro-ecology and environmental problems
Cattle
Section III
General village characteristics
Credit
Contract farming (commercial)
Section IV
Staple crops: availability and access to varieties
Fertilizer
Fertilizer access
Agricultural techniques
Extension
Food security indicators

Section V
General village characteristics
Population size and land use

Land and land tenure
Rural-urban linkages
Gender dynamics in relation to crops
Food security indicators

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
Göran Djurfeldt	G.D	Dept of Sociology, Lund University
Hans Holmén	H.H	, Institution for Thematic research, Linköping University
Magnus Jirström	M.J	Dept of Social and Economic Geography, Lund University
Agnes Andersson	A.A	Dept of Social and Economic Geography, Lund University
Johanna Bergman-Lodin	J.B.L	Dept of Social and Economic Geography, Lund University
Cheryl Sjöström	C.S	Dept of Social and Economic Geography, Lund University
Dr. Wolday Amha	W.A	Ethiopian Economic Association
Professor Willis Oluoch-Kosura	W.O.K	African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
Dr Bernard Bashaasha	B.B	Department of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness, Makerere University, Kampal
Prof. Aida Isinika	A.I	Institute of Continuing Education, Sokoine Agricultural University
Dr. Ernest Aryeetey	E.A	Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Legon-Accra

The enumerators and supervisors were trained at the same time, though supervisors received extra couching on supervision. Enumerators stayed in the villages during the survey period. Two enumerators were involved in administering the household questionnaires at a time. While one was probing, the other was writing down the answer.
Through this, errors in both probing and recording were minimized. Participatory Rural Appraisal techniques were used to administer the village level questionnaire in the selected villages.