Africa RISING impact assessment report

This report summarizes lessons from cross-country analyses of the impact of the Africa RISING (AR) program. Implemented in six countries—Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mali, and Ghana—AR aimed to provide pathways out of hunger and poverty for smallholders by sustainably intensifying their farmi...

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Main Authors: Haile, Beliyou, Boukaka, Sedi Anne, Azzarri, Carlo
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148737
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description This report summarizes lessons from cross-country analyses of the impact of the Africa RISING (AR) program. Implemented in six countries—Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mali, and Ghana—AR aimed to provide pathways out of hunger and poverty for smallholders by sustainably intensifying their farming systems in order to enhance income and food security, particularly for women and children, while conserving or enhancing the natural resource base. Phase I (2012–2016) focused on the validation of demand-driven sustainable intensification (SI) innovations, while Phase II (2016–2022) focused on the scaling of a subset of validated SI innovations in partnership with development partners. Our impact assessment studies covered all program countries, except Zambia, and are based on two rounds of household panel survey data, excluding Ethiopia for which program effect is estimated using one round of survey data. Impact is estimated using the difference-in-differences method for countries with panel data or, for Ethiopia, based on simple comparison of outcomes between program beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. The choice of impact indicators is guided by the Sustainable Intensification Assessment Framework (SIAF) framework and survey data availability. Impact indicators encompass the five sustainable intensification (SI) domains discussed in the SIAF: environment, productivity, economic, human, and social.
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spelling CGSpace1487372025-11-12T06:57:04Z Africa RISING impact assessment report Haile, Beliyou Boukaka, Sedi Anne Azzarri, Carlo hunger poverty smallholders nutrition women gender This report summarizes lessons from cross-country analyses of the impact of the Africa RISING (AR) program. Implemented in six countries—Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mali, and Ghana—AR aimed to provide pathways out of hunger and poverty for smallholders by sustainably intensifying their farming systems in order to enhance income and food security, particularly for women and children, while conserving or enhancing the natural resource base. Phase I (2012–2016) focused on the validation of demand-driven sustainable intensification (SI) innovations, while Phase II (2016–2022) focused on the scaling of a subset of validated SI innovations in partnership with development partners. Our impact assessment studies covered all program countries, except Zambia, and are based on two rounds of household panel survey data, excluding Ethiopia for which program effect is estimated using one round of survey data. Impact is estimated using the difference-in-differences method for countries with panel data or, for Ethiopia, based on simple comparison of outcomes between program beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. The choice of impact indicators is guided by the Sustainable Intensification Assessment Framework (SIAF) framework and survey data availability. Impact indicators encompass the five sustainable intensification (SI) domains discussed in the SIAF: environment, productivity, economic, human, and social. 2024-06-21 2024-06-26T15:27:18Z 2024-06-26T15:27:18Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148737 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140186 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137005 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137003 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137007 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137004 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.107894 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Haile, Beliyou; Boukaka, Sedi Anne; and Azzarri, Carlo. 2024. Africa RISING impact assessment report. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148737
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poverty
smallholders
nutrition
women
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Boukaka, Sedi Anne
Azzarri, Carlo
Africa RISING impact assessment report
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poverty
smallholders
nutrition
women
gender
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