Value chain and Multicrop baseline of TAFS-WCA: Case of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
This report presents the results of the baseline survey of the Transforming Agrifood Systems in West and Central Africa (TAFS-WCA) initiative in DRC. Three regions of DRC were surveyed. Data were collected using a smart tablet with the CSPro application. A total of 1,024 actors in agricultural production and value chain were surveyed during the baseline data collection in DRC. Actors involved in the baseline data collection are producers of rice, maize, soybean, beans, cassava, sweet potato, inputs dealer, traders, processors and service providers. All data analyses were carried out with the STATA 16 software. Among the actors interviewed, 13.87% (142) are rice producers, 20.02% (205) maize producers, 8.01% (82) soybean producers, 10.53% (200) bean producers, 13.57% (139) cassava producers, 10.66% (61) sweet potato producers, 0.29% (3) inputs dealer, 14.45% (148) traders, 1.27% (13) processors and 2.64% (27) service providers. The average age of actors is 41 years old and ranges from 17 to 79 years old, and the average household size is 7 persons. About 60% of actors are male and 82% are married. In addition, 70% of the actors have received formal education and 79% have crop production has main activity. Moreover, 76 % of producers produce during the rainy season, 5% during dry season while 19% in both seasons.With regard to climate change information’s, about 2.5% of producers have access to forecasts of water level of dams and rivers and 1.32% to information to forecasts of pest or disease outbreak. In relation to food security and the poverty index, preliminary results show that the vast majority of actors have an acceptable level of dietary diversity, meal frequency and nutritional importance of the food groups consumed; and according to the poverty index, the rate of poor actors is 74%.
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| Format: | Report biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2023-08
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| Subjects: | baseline surveys, value chains, crops, |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131777 |
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| Summary: | This report presents the results of the baseline survey of the Transforming Agrifood Systems in West and Central Africa (TAFS-WCA) initiative in DRC. Three regions of DRC were surveyed. Data were collected using a smart tablet with the CSPro application. A total of 1,024 actors in agricultural production and value chain were surveyed during the baseline data collection in DRC. Actors involved in the baseline data collection are producers of rice, maize, soybean, beans, cassava, sweet potato, inputs dealer, traders, processors and service providers. All data analyses were carried out with the STATA 16 software.
Among the actors interviewed, 13.87% (142) are rice producers, 20.02% (205) maize producers, 8.01% (82) soybean producers, 10.53% (200) bean producers, 13.57% (139) cassava producers, 10.66% (61) sweet potato producers, 0.29% (3) inputs dealer, 14.45% (148) traders, 1.27% (13) processors and 2.64% (27) service providers. The average age of actors is 41 years old and ranges from 17 to 79 years old, and the average household size is 7 persons. About 60% of actors are male and 82% are married. In addition, 70% of the actors have received formal education and 79% have crop production has main activity. Moreover, 76 % of producers produce during the rainy season, 5% during dry season while 19% in both seasons.With regard to climate change information’s, about 2.5% of producers have access to forecasts of water level of dams and rivers and 1.32% to information to forecasts of pest or disease outbreak.
In relation to food security and the poverty index, preliminary results show that the vast majority of actors have an acceptable level of dietary diversity, meal frequency and nutritional importance of the food groups consumed; and according to the poverty index, the rate of poor actors is 74%. |
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