Project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index for Market Inclusion (Pro-WEAI+MI): Malawi Case Study

Author(s)
  • International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Release Year 2019
Regions
  • Northern America
  • Americas
  • World
  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
Themes
  • Women's empowerment
Source HARVARD Dataverse
Data collection period -
Temporal coverage -
Usage Rights
Access Open
License CC-BY
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Methodology
Instrument Structured questionnaire
Sampling Please refer page 8 of the discussion paper: 'It takes two': Women’s empowerment in agricultural value chains in Malawi.'
Unit of analysis Households Individual
Universe Households with ATVET4Women Program graduates and non-graduates in Lilongwe, Nkhotakota, Chitipa, Blantyre and Chiradzulu in Malawi.
Contact point IFPRI-Data
DOI https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QQABTY
Funding Organisations German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ)
Providers International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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full citation International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2023. Project-Level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index for Market Inclusion (Pro-weai+MI): Malawi Case Study. Washington, DC: IFPRI [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QQABTY. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1.

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Abstract

The project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index for market inclusion (pro-WEAI+MI) is a modified version of the pro-WEAI that captures empowerment across commodity value chains (VC), VC actors, and beneficiaries of VC/training interventions. This dataset from Malawi is one of four country case studies that developed additional market inclusion (+MI) indicators to complement the pro-WEAI. The Malawi case study was conducted as part of the Agricultural Technical Vocational Education and Training for Women (ATVET4W) Program, a gender-sensitive approach to technical training and market linkages in priority agricultural value chains led by the African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). To compare program beneficiaries versus non-beneficiaries, a household survey was collected from September to October 2019 in five districts where ATVET4W has (1) started some activities, (2) shown initial commitment from a community college, and (3) shown a high likelihood to continue with the program. These districts cover different regions (North, Central, South), agroecological zones, and socioeconomic profiles. This data package includes the pro-WEAI+MI questions implemented in Malawi, basic household and demographic information, and constructed pro-WEAI and +MI indicators.