Scaling up Women's Agripreneurship Through Public-private Linkages to Improve Rural Women's Income, Nutrition, and the Effectiveness of Institutions in Rural Ghana
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 535
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Women's diet
研究概览
简要总结
Over one-third of rural Ghanaians live below the poverty line and women and children living in poverty are at the highest risk of poor nutrition and health. Sustained integrated approaches that increase agricultural productivity and value addition, diversify incomes, and enhance knowledge and skills among all stakeholders are required to improve the well-being of rural communities. There exists a unique opportunity, building on the results of the Nutrition Links (NL) project, to test sustainable district-level approaches that support women agripreneurs and address existing gender inequities in rural Ghana. This project will test different approaches to enhance the sustainability of activities that will (i) increase access to resources and services for agricultural production and, where relevant, value addition for women, (ii) facilitate access to markets that will enhance women's entrepreneurship, and (iii) help district partners integrate targets and activities to meet a common goal. The 3-y project will include quantitative and qualitative data collection to implement a trial to test a sustainable approach for engaging female agripreneurs in farmers' associations and improving their business successes, with different approaches to integrate new activities in district institutions' programs. The project will be guided by the team of institutions working together with district stakeholders to improve the quality of life of rural Ghanaian women agripreneurs and their families.
详细描述
This project includes quantitative cross-sectional surveys, qualitative data collection, and a quasi-experimental behavioural trial. The description of the study is shown below by specific objective.
Specific objective 1. Identify (i) individual, (ii) organizational, and (iii) social/community/institutional factors that facilitate or impede women's participation in farming entrepreneur associations, and that can be modified through intervention.
Quantitative hypothesis Women's enrolment and active participation in women farmer entrepreneur associations is associated with individual characteristics (e.g., self-confidence) as well as organizational (e.g., having a functional association) and social/community/institutional factors (e.g., having community leadership support to join) that may be modifiable through interventions.
Qualitative research questions (i) What gender inequalities exist within the context of the local organizations (e.g., meetings held in locations and times that are inconvenient for women) and community/institutions (e.g., norms that prevent women from doing business in the community) that have implications for the entrepreneurial activities and well-being of women farmers? (ii) What organizational and community/institutional factors contributing to gender inequalities are modifiable through interventions to improve women's entrepreneurial activities and well-being?
Activity 1.1. Cross-sectional survey in contiguous districts. Data collection will be carried out in the two districts contiguous to Upper Manya Krobo District (UMKD) to collect data among members of four associations identified (20-30 women/group, total of approximately 100 women) as well as from their matched non-member neighbours (approximately 100 women of similar non-modifiable characteristics).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •members of farmer associations in the three designated districts of the Eastern Region
排除标准
- •non-member farmers
- •For the control arm:
- •non-members of farmer association
- •For the community surveys:
- •Inclusion Criteria:
- •residents in the communities where selected association members live
- •Exclusion Criteria:
- •residents of communities that do not have selected association members
结局指标
主要结局
Women's diet
时间窗: 16 months
Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women dichotomous score developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (diverse: ate 5 out of 10 foods the previous day). Food list: 1. Grains, white roots and tubers, and plantains 2. Pulses (beans, peas and lentils) 3. Nuts and seeds 4. Dairy 5. Meat, poultry and fish 6. Eggs 7. Dark green leafy vegetables 8. Other vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables 9. Other vegetables 10. Other fruits Range: 0-10
Women's empowerment
时间窗: 16 months
Pro -Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI), developed by the International Food Policy Institute (empowered: adequate in 9 of the 12 indicators) 12 indicators: autonomy in income, self-efficacy, attitudes about domestic violence, input in productive decisions, ownership of land and other assets, access to and decisions on credit, control over use of income, work balance, visiting important locations, group membership, membership in influential groups, and respect among household members. Adequate: The definition of what is adequate for each indicator will be determined by local experts at beginning of project. Range: 0-12 (each indicator is dichotomous - adequate/not adequate)
次要结局
- Women's income from small business(16 months)
研究者
Grace S. Marquis
Associate Professor
McGill University