Gender Implications of the Introduction of Forage Chopper Machines in Babati, Tanzania

Author(s)
  • International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
  • International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Release Year 2016
Regions
  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
Themes
  • Women's empowerment
  • Crops and technologies
Source HARVARD Dataverse
Data collection period -
Temporal coverage -
Usage Rights
Access Limited
License CC-BY
Disclaimer The data files in this dataset are the unit record or ‘raw’ data files. Information that would allow survey respondents to be identified has been deleted from the files, but all other information remains. The user of these files will need to take care in handling missing observations, outliers, and violations of logical consistency.
Methodology
Sampling The purposive sampling method was used as a sampling procedure to select 53 respondents from households using chopper machines
Unit of analysis Household Individual (men and women) Farmers group
Universe Agro-pastoralists processing feed with forage chopper machines
Contact point Fischer, Gundula
DOI https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MP1KRD
Funding Organisations United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Providers International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
full citation International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA); International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). 2018. Gender Implications of the Introduction of Forage Chopper Machines in Babati, Tanzania. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) [dataset]. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MP1KRD.

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Abstract

In 2015, livestock scientists implementing Africa RISING research-in-development activities (R-in-D) introduced forage chopper machines in seven villages in Babati District, northern Tanzania. The dataset included in this study was generated from the research conducted an year later to understand the gender implications of the new processing practices. The survey was conducted among households who used forage chopper machines and included questions about intra-household decision-making, previous knowledge of the technology, training, and willingness to pay among many others. Altogether 53 male and female respondents were selected for the survey.