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The Household Survey for Evaluation of Democratic Republic of Congo Livelihoods Project, 2015 data were collected by Oxfam for an Effectiveness Review of the 'Purchase for Progress (P4P) in DRC' project in the 2015/16 financial year. It should be noted that this project was active between April 2012 and October 2014.

The project aimed to increase the quality and quantity of produce, improve the condition of transport and storage, and promote women's participation through the development of sustainable livelihoods opportunities and better income. Activities focused on increasing production, sales and revenues from maize, rice, groundnuts and beans by providing the necessary inputs and technical advice on modern methods of farming and forming marketing groups for these commodities for increased sales.

Data collection took place in October 2015 in Bikoro and Ingende, two municipalities of the Equateur Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The intervention (beneficiary) group consisted of a randomly selected sample of farmer households from villages that had participated in the project. The comparison (non-beneficiary) group consisted of a randomly selected sample of farmer households from villages similar to the project villages that had not participated, but were eligible and interested in participating in the project.

Livelihoods, agriculture, gender equality, impact evaluation, Democratic Republic of the Congo