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Back to baselines: measuring change and sharing data

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Title Back to baselines: measuring change and sharing data
 
Creator Förch, Wiebke
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
Cramer, Laura
Barahona, Carlos
Thornton, Philip K.
 
Subject capacity development
surveys
climate
food security
monitoring
impact assessment
behaviour
 
Description International research for development is under increasing pressure to demonstrate development outcomes that enhance people’s food security and well-being while preserving the natural resource base. The CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) integrates thematic research at several levels with multiple global, regional and local partners, with the aim of identifying and testing pro-poor adaptation and mitigation practices, technologies and policies for food systems, adaptive capacity and rural livelihoods. We describe a process to design and implement baselines across 2,095 households and 108 villages spread over 15 sites in 12 countries of West and East Africa and South Asia, and to archive, document and analyse the data and make them publicly available. We critically examine the process in relation to design, institutional arrangements, and partnerships. The process was long, complex and expensive. We share important lessons learned regarding how to obtain baseline data for rural populations in agricultural systems, as a basis for prioritising research and monitoring progress towards enhanced food security and increased household welfare, in part through uptake of sustainable changes in agricultural practices.
 
Date 2014-09-01
2014-09-15T09:38:39Z
2014-09-15T09:38:39Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Förch W, Kristjanson P, Cramer L, Barahona C, Thornton P 2014. Back to baselines: measuring change and sharing data. Agriculture & Food Security 2014, 3:13
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42429
https://doi.org/10.1186/2048-7010-3-13
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access