Madagascar: Field Activities
A preparatory workshop was organized in Antananarivo in December 1996. It was attended by a number of FOFIFA researchers, participants from several ministries and the statistical office, and from the USAID Mission. A research seminar will be organized in December 1997, at the end of the data collection phase and before the start of the analysis phase, to refine the study hypotheses and re-focus the study questions.The project's field research activities focus on two sub-activities: i) primary data gathering; and ii) technical training to strengthen the capacities of collaborators and other interested scientist working with FOFIFA. Data collection started in January 1997 with 4 main surveys: an output trader survey; an input distributor survey; a farm-household survey; and a community-level survey. All of these surveys are to be completed in the fall of 1997.
The five training sessions that are planned are on: a) survey design methodologies; b) household modeling; c) price analysis techniques; d) subsector approach to analyzing agricultural policies; and e) policy impact modeling. The first four training sessions have been organized at FOFIFA headquarters in Antananarivo between December 1996 and May 1997. The last sessions will be held in November 1997.
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