SECTION ONE
Change in Average Area Planted by Farming HH’s
Definition/RATION/ALE – what does it measure? (max 2 lines)
The indicator examines the percentage of households reporting a decrease in area planted as compared to the previous year. When collected prior to harvest, the indicator can provide a useful early warning sign regarding a potential reduction in crop production.
Methodology for collection – How to collect information for indicator (max 4 lines).
-Conducting household interviews with a representative sample of your target households, asking them questions relating to agricultural production.
-First ask questions if they planted this agricultural season;
-If the interviewee responds “Yes” follow up with the relative area planted compared to last year.
-if the interviewee responds “No” follow up with the reasons why, including barriers that prevented the HH from planting.
Methodology for analysis – How to analyse (Max 4 lines)
Visual demonstrations for thresholds
How to interpret: Urban v. rural, gender
-Data should be aggregated to the geographic area and analyzed accordingly.
-It is important that the data reports on both the breakdown of HHs planting and those who did not, and the reasons why HHs were unable to plant.
-It is important to consider that some HHs may have no planted due to voluntary reasons and not because there were external factors preventing the HH from planting.
-Important to disaggregate by gender, rural vs urban, and livelihood zone
-When possible conduct trend analysis, changes larger than 20% in HHs unable to plant is likely to have a large impact on food availability in the harvest season.
Notes on indicator –
What does the indicator not tell us.
How long is it reliable for?
-Data should be aggregated to the geographic area and analyzed accordingly.
-It is important that the data reports on both the breakdown of HHs planting and those who did not, and the reasons why HHs were unable to plant.
-It is important to consider that some HHs may have no planted due to voluntary reasons and not because there were external factors preventing the HH from planting.
-Important to disaggregate by gender, rural vs urban, and livelihood zone
-When possible conduct trend analysis, changes larger than 20% in HHs unable to plant is likely to have a large impact on food availability in the harvest season.
When to use it/when not to use it:
Best used during the planting season to provide an understanding of how many HHs are not engaging in agriculture.
IPC Categories:
Contributing Factor
M&E: IMPACT, OUTCOME, OUTPUT, PROCESS
Outcome
Recall?
Agricultural Season
