Feed the Future Uganda 2015 Zone of Influence Interim Assessment Report October 2015
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Feed the Future Uganda 2015 Zone of Influence Interim Assessment Report October 2015 Prepared for the United States Agency for International Development, USAID Contract Number GS-23F-8144H/AID-OAA-M-12-00006, Feed the Future FEEDBACK Recommended Citation: Feed the Future FEEDBACK. 2015. Feed the Future Uganda 2015 Zone of Influence Interim Assessment Report. Rockville, MD: Westat. USAID Bureau for Food Security Contact: [email protected] Westat Contact: Detra Robinson, MA, PMP, Chief of Party 1600 Research Boulevard Rockville, MD 20850 Tel: (301) 738-3653 Email: [email protected] Table of Contents List of Acronyms ................................................................................................................ viii Executive Summary .............................................................................................................. ix Background ...................................................................................................... ix Interim Assessment Indicators .................................................................... ix Interim Assessment Data Sources ............................................................... x Summary of Key Findings ............................................................................... x Household Economic Status ............................................................ x Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index Indicators ............................................................................ xi Hunger and Dietary Intake ............................................................. xi Nutritional Status of Women and Children .............................. xii Agricultural Technologies and Management Practices ............ xii 1. Background ....................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Feed the Future Overview .............................................................. 1 Feed the Future Objectives and Strategies in Uganda ............... 1 1.2 Feed the Future ZOI Profile ............................................................ 3 1.2.1 Rationale for ZOI Selection ............................................ 5 1.2.2 Demography of the Core ZOI ....................................... 5 1.2.3 Agriculture in the Core ZOI .......................................... 7 1.3 Purpose of This Report .................................................................... 9 2. Methodologies for Obtaining Interim Values for Feed the Future Indicators ........................................................................................... 10 2.1 Data Sources ..................................................................................... 10 2.1.1 Primary Data: The Interim Survey in Uganda ........... 11 2.1.2 Secondary Data ................................................................ 16 2.1.3 Comparability of Data Sources Used for the Interim Assessment ......................................................... 17 2.2 Measures and Reporting Conventions Used Throughout This Report ................................................................ 17 2.2.1 Standard Disaggregates .................................................. 17 2.2.2 Reporting Conventions .................................................. 20 3. Core ZOI Interim Survey Population ....................................................... 21 3.1 Demographics ................................................................................... 21 3.2 Living Conditions ............................................................................. 23 3.3 Education ........................................................................................... 25 4. Household Economic Status ....................................................................... 28 4.1 Daily Per Capita Expenditures ...................................................... 29 4.2 Prevalence and Depth of Poverty in the Core ZOI................. 31 4.2.1 The $1.25 Poverty Threshold ....................................... 32 4.2.2 The National Poverty Threshold ................................. 34 4.2.3 The National Extreme Poverty Threshold ................ 36 Feed the Future Uganda 2015 Zone of Influence Interim Assessment Report iii Table of Contents (continued) 5. Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture .................................................. 38 5.1 Overview ........................................................................................... 38 5.2 Production ......................................................................................... 40 5.3 Productive Resources ..................................................................... 42 5.4 Leadership in the Community ....................................................... 46 5.5 Time Use............................................................................................ 47 6. Hunger and Dietary Intake .......................................................................... 49 6.1 Household Hunger .......................................................................... 49 6.2 Dietary Intake ................................................................................... 50 6.2.1 Dietary Diversity Among Women Age 15-49 Years ................................................................................... 50 6.2.2 Infant and Young Child Feeding .................................... 55 6.2.3 Consumption of Targeted Nutrient-Rich Value Chain Commodities ............................................. 59 7. Nutritional Status of Women and Children ............................................ 62 7.1 Body Mass Index of Women Age 15-49 Years ......................... 62 7.2 Stunting, Wasting, and Underweight Among Children Under 5 Years .................................................................................. 63 7.2.1 Stunting (Height-for-Age) .............................................. 64 7.2.2 Wasting (Weight-for-Height) ....................................... 66 7.2.3 Underweight (Weight-for-Age) .................................... 68 8. Agricultural Technologies and Management Practices .......................... 70 8.1 Cultivation of Maize, Beans, and Coffee ..................................... 70 8.2 Application of Technologies and Management Practices by Farmers ......................................................................................... 71 8.2.1 Land Preparation Technologies .................................... 71 8.2.2 Input Practices .................................................................. 75 8.2.3 Harvesting Techniques ................................................... 77 8.2.4 Storage Practices ............................................................. 80 8.3 Use of Improved Technologies and Management Practices ............................................................................................. 82 8.4 Effect of Bean Farming on Consumption of Beans ................... 87 9. Summary and Conclusions .......................................................................... 89 9.1 Summary of Key Findings ............................................................... 89 Household Economic Status .......................................................... 89 WEAI Indicators ............................................................................... 89 Hunger and Dietary Intake ............................................................ 90 Nutritional Status of Women and Children .............................. 90 Agricultural Technologies .............................................................. 90 Conclusions .......................................................................................................................... 91 References ........................................................................................................................... 92 Feed the Future Uganda 2015 Zone of Influence Interim Assessment Report iv List of Appendixes Appendix 1. Supplementary Data and Figures .............................................................. 96 A1.1 Interim Feed the Future Indicator Estimates ............................. 96 Appendix 2. Methodology ................................................................................................. 98 A2.1 Sampling and Weighting ................................................................. 98 Sampling ............................................................................................. 98 Weighting .......................................................................................... 98 Multiple Testing Adjustment ......................................................... 99 A2.2 Poverty Prevalence and Expenditure Methods ...................... 100 Data Source ................................................................................... 100 Data Preparation ........................................................................... 100 Price Adjustments ......................................................................... 101 Currency Conversions Using CPI and PPP ............................. 101 Weights ........................................................................................... 102 National Poverty Thresholds ..................................................... 102 International Poverty Threshold of $1.90 2011 PPP ............ 104 A2.3 Criteria for Achieving Adequacy for Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Indicators ................................. 106 List of Tables Table