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AfricaRISING – Quick Feeds Livelihoods Stratification for Bekoji District Peter Thorne and Amare Haileslassie. Africa-RISING Quick Feed Project Synthesis Workshop, Addis Ababa, 3-4 September 2012. Hypotheses.
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AfricaRISING – Quick FeedsLivelihoods Stratification for BekojiDistrictPeter Thorne and Amare Haileslassie Africa-RISING Quick Feed Project Synthesis Workshop, Addis Ababa, 3-4 September 2012
Hypotheses • Households stratified by livelihood endowments access and manage feed resources in different ways. • More robust development outcomes will result from identifying practises that are transferable amongst strata and augmenting these with “external” innovations that target constraints and opportunities relevant to each stratum.
The Project Site • BokoJi Negeso • Limu Bilbilo District
Stratifications • Existing: Three communities (Chefa Woligal, Mirti Laman and Tulu Negeso) • Livelihoods benchmarking: Top 25% versus bottom 25% (in terms of livelihood asset endowments) • Extracted typology based on livelihoods: use all the livelihoods indicators to identify similar households
Why do we Stratify? • In any community, not everyone is the same! • Different people face different problems and are able to respond to different opportunities • We stratify to identify groups of people whose circumstances are similar enough for them to share common solutions
Livelihoods Capital Assets • Human (traits of individuals or groups) • Social (interactions amongst individuals or groups) • Natural (the resource base) • Physical (infrastructure and physical tools) • Financial (sources of cash)
Livelihoods Process • Five / six key informants from each community • Introduction of concepts • Each community identifies relevant indicators (group discussions) • Prepare checklist of 50 combined indicators • 49 household livelihood statuses assessed by individual interview
Benchmark Stratification Three groups extracted with high, medium and low average livelihood status
Principal Components (Natural Capital) • General access to natural resources • Contribution of rain-fed crop production • Strength of the livestock resource base (numbers, breeds) • Enabling environment for livestock production (feeds, health status, off-farm biomass)
Principal Components (Financial Capital) • Overall financial well-being • Access to credit and savings • Off-farm income
Principal Components (Human Capital) • Broad impact of human capital assets • Education • Experience and general motivation • Health and confidence. Enabling qualities.
Principal Components (Social Capital) • Cooperation and sharing • Trust and reciprocity • Leadership / external influences? • Personal status and links with immediate neighbours
Principal Components (Physical Capital) • Infrastructure; markets, transports and electricity. • Agricultural technologies: implements and milling. • Other technologies: telephone and radio.