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Survey of Duchy of Cornwall Tenants, 1985-1986
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this study was to explore the incidence of alternative income sources for Duchy of Cornwall farm tenants as well as problems encountered and possible future developmentsMain Topics:The following variables are included in this study:
Area (in acres) of tenancy, farming enterprises undertaken,...
Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Technologies in the UK : Economic and Non-Economic Determinants, 1995
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study examines the factors which determine the adoption of sustainable agricultural technology. It goes beyond narrow economic considerations to include non-economic factors such as agroclimatic conditions, attitudes/awareness of environmental issues, and the institutional setting. Field work was...
Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Technologies in Brazil: Economic and Non-Economic Determinants, 1995
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study examines the factors which determine the adoption of sustainable agricultural technology. It goes beyond narrow economic considerations to include non-economic factors such as agroclimatic conditions, attitudes/awareness of environmental issues, and the institutional setting. Field work was...
Urban Food Database, 2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims of the study were as follows:
background: to locate urban agricultural initiatives within a broader context of environmental concerns, and to highlight the national and regional planning and environmental frameworks within which said initiatives were placed;
the extent of urban agriculture: to...
Ecological Aspects of Agricultural Sustainability, c.1576-1946; The Archives
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of the project was to extract data from appropriate farm records and other sources in England for the period 1500-2000 to address the questions of whether and how English agriculture was 'sustainable' in the period. The objective was to reconfigure English agriculture for the period within a...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1998
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.BackgroundThe British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series began in 1983. The series is designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal movements to complement large-scale government surveys that deal largely with facts and behaviour patterns, and the data on party political attitudes...
Household Survey for Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation Project among Small Producers in Nicaragua, 2014
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Household Survey for Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation Project among Small Producers in Nicaragua, 2014 data were collected by Oxfam GB as part of the organisation's Global Performance Framework. Under this framework, a small number of completed or mature projects are selected at random each...
Do crop insurance-certified seed bundles crowd-in investments? Experimental evidence from Kenya 2015-2017
We use a randomised experiment in Kenya to show that smallholder farmers respond to receiving a free hybrid crop insurance conditional on purchase of certified seeds, by increasing farming efforts at the extensive margin—farming more land and increasing total investments. Not only are they more likely to adopt certified seeds, but also invest more complementary inputs,...
Risk and ambiguity aversion behaviour in index-based insurance uptake decisions: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia 2016-2017
We conducted lab-in-the-field experiments with 1139 smallholders out of whom 596 have adopted IBI in Ethiopia to elicit their risk and ambiguity aversion behaviour, and examine whether risk and/or ambiguity aversion can explain actual IBI uptake decisions. Index-based insurance (IBI) is an innovative pro-poor climate risk management strategy that suffers from low uptake....
Towards a Relational Approach to Agency for Mapping Pathways Into and Out of Poverty: Life Histories, 2016-2020
Global poverty looks radically different in the 21st century as climate-related events, political-religious conflicts and economic growth-inequality nexuses add to persistent forms of social exclusion based on gender, race, and class. In this uncertain and unpredictable context, we require new approaches to understand complex pathways into and out of poverty, directing...
Interviews with Firms and Other Key Stakeholders in the Agro-Processing Sectors of South Africa and Tanzania, 2019-2020
The data deposit comprises: (1) summary notes from 95 semi-structured key informant interviews with a range of stakeholders in the agro-processing sectors of South Africa and Tanzania, including firms, policymakers and industry associations. (2) spreadsheets containing responses to structured questionnaire interviews with 21 dairy processing firms in South Africa, 18 maize...
Connecting Agropastoral Food Culture Research to Livestock Commercialisation Policy, 2021-2023
This research project aimed to define a new research agenda for connecting policy on livestock sector development to research on agropastoralist food cultures. The project brought together a group of relevant stakeholders - policy makers and implementers, researchers, development actors, and local community representatives - from East and West Africa. Researchers performed a...
Aquaculture farm data from Bangladesh shrimp and prawn farmers 2017
Survey data from 326 shrimp and / or prawn farms in South West Bangladesh, with detailed farm and production characteristics, designed to elicit the drivers of antimicrobial and other farm input uses in aquaculture. The data was generated using a bespoke mobile phone app based field survey tool to generate key information on a range of farm variables including farm...
Bangladesh hatchery data 2017-2019
Data in which hatchery owners, consultants and technicians working in the main shrimp and prawn hatcheries in Bangladesh discuss key elements of their production and their use of various disease management tools (including antibiotics). The interviews were carried out in 2017 with the majority of hatcheries and nurseries operating in Bangladesh. Sampling was based on...
Household Survey for Evaluation of Market Access and Food Security Project in Colombia, 2014
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Household Survey for Evaluation of Market Access and Food Security Project in Colombia, 2014 data were collected by Oxfam GB as part of the organisation's Global Performance Framework. Under this framework, a small number of completed or mature projects are selected at random each year for an...
Household Survey for Evaluation of Livelihood and Food Security Initiatives in Lower and Middle Juba Regions, Somalia, 2014
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Household Survey for Evaluation of Livelihood and Food Security Initiatives in Lower and Middle Juba Regions, Somalia, 2014 data were collected by Oxfam GB as part of the organisation's Global Performance Framework. Under this framework, a small number of completed or mature projects are selected at...
Space, markets and employment in agricultural development: Case studies
Detailed case studies developed in three country context research sites, namely Weenen district KwaZulu Natal (South Africa), Mchinji District central Malawi, and Mvurwi and Masvingo Districts (Zimbabwe) during the course of research between 2013 and 2014. These consist of semi-structured interviews, augmented with basic descriptive quantitative data collected via a brief...
New Entrance to Mountain Farming in the Eastern Alps: Actors and their Routes into Agriculture, Motivation, Opportunities and Challenges (SUF edition)
Full edition for scientific use. The aim of this dataset is to outline the results of a mixed-methods research on new entrants to mountain farming conducted in the case study regions Vorarlberg, Tyrol and South Tyrol (Eastern Alps). In a first survey stage, new entrants were identified and their routes into mountain farming as well as the resulting social and spatial impacts...
Household Survey for Evaluation of Livelihoods and Sustainable Markets Project in Ethiopia, 2014
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Household Survey for Evaluation of Livelihoods and Sustainable Markets Project in Ethiopia, 2014 data were collected by Oxfam GB as part of the organisation's Global Performance Framework. Under this framework, a small number of completed or mature projects are selected at random each year for an...
Household Survey for Evaluation of a Project Strengthening Small Farmers' Agribusiness Capabilities in Western Honduras, 2014
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Household Survey for Evaluation of a Project Strengthening Small Farmers' Agribusiness Capabilities in Western Honduras, 2014 data were collected by Oxfam GB as part of the organisation's Global Performance Framework. Under this framework, a small number of completed or mature projects are selected...
Large-Scale Commercial Farming in South East England, 1941, 1978, 1981 and 1998-1999
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The overall aim of the research was to assess the influence of changes in agricultural policy and regulation on those farms which, during the productivist era, their operators had successfully navigated to a position of dominance in the industry. Four specific objectives arose from this broad aim, which...
Household Survey for Evaluation of Climate Change Community-Based Adaptation Model for Food Security in Thailand, 2014
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Household Survey for Evaluation of Climate Change Community-Based Adaptation Model for Food Security in Thailand, 2014 data were collected by Oxfam GB as part of the organisation's Global Performance Framework. Under this framework, a small number of completed or mature projects are selected at...
Attitudes on International Affairs among African Students in Britain, February 1963
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To determine the attitudes of students from Africa south of the Sahara (excluding the Republic of South Africa) towards international affairs.
Northern Ireland General Election and Political Attitudes Survey, 1992
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to:
extend the <i>British General Election Study</i> to Northern Ireland (the <i>British General Election Study, 1992</i> is held at The Data Archive under study number 2981)
provide longitudinal comparisons with previous work in the same area, namely...
Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Technologies in Spain : Economic and Non-Economic Determinants, 1995
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study examines the factors which determine the adoption of sustainable agricultural technology. It goes beyond narrow economic considerations to include non-economic factors such as agroclimatic conditions, attitudes/awareness of environmental issues, and the institutional setting. Field work was...
Qualitative credit interviews with shrimp and prawn farmers 2019
Summarised data in which shrimp and prawn farmers describe access to various forms of credit (in kind, micro-credit, NGO, banks) in SW Bangladesh. The interviews were carried out with a sub-sample from the main survey (see project survey data). In total 46 farmers were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. Sampling was based on purposive selection of previously...
A behavioural economic analysis of agricultural investment decisions in Uganda
The collection contains four sets of data files and related questionnaires and experimental scripts, preceded by three files that contextualise the data. The file "project overview.pdf" describes the project aims, how the data was collected, main findings and outputs such as publications and presentations. The file "Consent procedure.docx" describes how we elicited informed...
Household Survey for Evaluation of Chad Resilience and Food Security Project, 2015
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Household Survey for Evaluation of Chad Resilience and Food Security Project, 2015 data were collected by Oxfam for an Effectiveness Review of the 'Reinforcing Resilience Capacity in Bahr el Gazal' project in the 2014/15 financial year. It should be noted that this project was active between...