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2012 USAID/GHANA FEED THE FUTURE FTF GHANA Population-Based Survey in Northern Ghana: Baseline Protocol [METSS-Ghana] 29/07/2012 i ACRONYMS ADB Agricultural Development Bank AEAs Agriculture Extension Agents AESD Agriculture Engineering Services Directorate AgDPL Agriculture Development Policy lending AgSSIP Agricultural Service Sub-sector Investment Program APD Animal Production Directorate APR Annual Progress Report BMI Body Mass Index CAADP Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme CEPA Center for Policy Analysis CIDA Canadian International Development Agency CSIR Council for Scientific and Industrial Research CSO Civil Society Organization DADU District Agriculture Development Unit DAES Directorate of Agricultural Extension Services DCS Directorate of Crops Services DDA District Director of Agriculture DDO District Development Officer DMISO District Management Information Systems officer DOF Directorate of Fisheries DP Development Partner DPCU District Planning Coordination Unit EA Enumeration Area EG Economic Growth EU European Union EWB Engineers without Borders FABS Food and Agricultural Budgetary Support FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FASDEP Food and Agriculture Sector Development Policy FBO Farmer Based Organization FTF Feed The Future GAPS Ghana Agriculture Production Survey GDHS Ghana Demographic and Health Survey GDP Gross Domestic Product GHS Ghana Health Service GIDA Ghana Irrigation Development Authority GIS Geographic Information Systems GLDB Grains and Legumes Development Board GLSS Ghana Living Standard Survey GPS Global Positioning System GoG Government of Ghana GPRS Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Ghana FTF Baseline Survey Protocols by METSS-Ghana Page ii GSS Ghana Statistical Service GSSP Ghana Strategy Support Program IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute IPs Implementing Partners ISSER Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research LEAP Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty LPIU Livestock Planning and Information Unit MCA Millennium Challenge Account MCC Millennium Challenge Corporation MiDA Millennium Development Authority MDBS Multi Donor Budget Support MDGs Millennium Development Goals MEC Monitoring, Evaluation and Coordination METASIP Medium Term Agricultural Sector Investment Plan METSS Monitoring, Evaluation and Technical Support Services MLGRD Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MICS Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey MoFA Ministry of Food and Agriculture MTEF Medium Term Expenditure Framework MRACLS Multi-Round Annual Crop and Livestock Survey NDI Northern Development Initiative NDPC National Development Planning Commission PASA Participating Agency Service Agreement PBS Population Based Survey PDF Portable Document Format PPMED Policy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate PPRSD Plant Protection and Regulatory Service Directorate PPP Policies, Programs, Projects PSI President Special Initiatives PSIA Poverty and Social Impact Assessment RADU Regional Agriculture Development Unit RBME Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation System RDA Regional Director of Agriculture ReSAKSS Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System RING Resiliency in Northern Ghana SADA Savannah Accelerated Development Agency SAPR Sector Annual Progress Report SD Standard Deviation SMTDP Sector Medium-Term Development Plan SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences SRID Statistics Research and Information Directorate SWAP Sector Wide Approach VSD Veterinary Services Directorate WIAD Women in Agricultural Development WB World Bank ZOI Zone of Influence Ghana FTF Baseline Survey Protocols by METSS-Ghana Page iii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT AND MOTIVATION ....................................................................................................... 3 1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE SURVEY ......................................................................................................................... 3 2 A SUMMARY OF USAID/GHANA FTF PROGRAM ...................................................................................... 3 2.1 PROGRAMS OF KEY ORGANIZATIONS IN NORTHERN GHANA ............................................................................... 5 3 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK .................................................................................................................... 5 4 RESOURCES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SURVEY ........................................................................................ 8 4.1 PERSONNEL ARRANGEMENTS ....................................................................................................................... 8 4.2 EQUIPMENT .............................................................................................................................................. 9 5 SURVEY DESIGN ..................................................................................................................................... 11 5.1 THE SAMPLE FRAME ................................................................................................................................. 12 5.2 SAMPLING .............................................................................................................................................. 14 INDICATOR DEFINITION ........................................................................................................................................... 15 STRATA ............................................................................................................................................................... 17 REGION ............................................................................................................................................................... 17 5.3 THE SURVEY INSTRUMENT ......................................................................................................................... 18 5.4 TRAINING OF SURVEY PERSONNEL ............................................................................................................... 19 5.5 PRE-TESTING AND PILOT TESTING QUESTIONNAIRE, TOOLS AND PROCESSES ........................................................ 19 5.6 RECONNAISSANCE VISIT TO RECRUIT ENUMERATORS AND SUPERVISORS ............................................................. 20 6 IMPLEMENTATION OF FIELD DATA COLLECTION .................................................................................... 20 6.1 PROPOSED INTERVENTIONS DURING DATA COLLECTION ................................................................................... 23 7 STRATEGIES FOR ENSURING DATA QUALITY .......................................................................................... 23 7.1 FOLLOW-UP PROCEDURE ........................................................................................................................... 24 7.2 MONITORING OF FIELDWORK...................................................................................................................... 25 8 DATA MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................ 25 9 PROCEDURES TO ENSURE ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS ........................................................................... 25 10 POTENTIAL PROBLEMS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ........................................................................... 26 10.1 INADEQUATE POWER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES ............................................................................................. 26 10.2 POTENTIAL INTERNET OUTAGES .................................................................................................................. 27 10.3 POTENTIAL DELAYS IN PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT .................................................................................... 27 11 PLAN FOR DATA ANALYSES ............................................................................................................................. 27 12 OUTLINE OF REPORT ..................................................................................................................................... 28 APPENDIX A: KEY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN NORTHERN GHANA ........................................................... 29 APPENDIX B: GANTT CHART SHOWING PLANNED ACTIVITIES, MILESTONES AND TIMING OF THE PBS .......... 32 ANNEX C: FINAL SAMPLE FRAME OF 230 ENUMERATION AREAS IN THE ZOI .............. ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. APPENDIX D: POPULATION-BASED SURVEY INSTRUMENTS ........................................................................... 41 Ghana FTF Baseline Survey Protocols by METSS-Ghana Page iv List of Tables Table 1: EG Implementing Partners and Activity Summary .................................................................... 4 Table 2: List of High Level Performance Indicators ................................................................................. 4 Table 3: Population-Based Survey Personnel ......................................................................................... 9 Table 4: List of Items Earmarked for Survey ........................................................................................
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