Presented by Rodrigo Abed at the Africa RISING - NAFAKA Project Annual Review and Planning Meeting, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 3 - 4 July 2019.

1. 10/3/2019`1 1
REMOVING THE BLINDFOLDS: TRANSITIONING
NAFAKA II TO AN EVIDENCE-BASED PROJECT
RODRIGO ABED
ACDI/VOCA
AFRICA RISING - NAFAKA PROJECT ANNUAL REVIEW AND PLANNING MEETING
3 – 4 JULY 2019, DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA

2. RESEARCH FOR YEAR 2018
• Barrier Analysis.
• Impact of demonstration plots on farmer’s decisions to buy
agro-inputs.
• Social Network Analysis.

3. RESEARCH FOR YEAR 2019
• Farmer’s Willingness to Pay for extension services.
• Impact of mechanization grants.

4. MECHANIZATION GRANTS
1. Document the difference in time allocation and the quality of
the harvest between mechanized and manual threshing.
2. Determine the gender gap in time allocation: Intrahousehold
dynamics.
3. Understand the way farmers use their time throughout the
year.
Rice
thresher
Rice
thresher
Me
n
Women
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

5. RESULTS - Q2
Categories Men Women Diff. p-value
1. Domestic work 1.59 5.94 -4.35 0.000
2. Non-domestic work 6.40 4.55 1.86 0.004
3. Care work 0.43 1.09 -0.67 0.007
4. Leisure 8.01 4.88 3.14 0.000
5. Total working time (1+2+3) 8.42 11.58 -3.16 0.000
6. Hours per day 16.43 16.45 -0.02 0.892

6. TIME POVERTY
“The time-poor are those who do not have time to rest or enjoy
leisure because of excessive burden of work” (Bardasi and
Wodon, 2010).
Time poverty line – 10 hours
Men Women
27% 87%
Time poverty line – 12 hours
Men Women
0% 37%

7. IMPLICATIONS FOR NAFAKA
• NAFAKA’s trainings affect their power to make economic
decisions in the HH.
• How do make sure the opportunities reach everyone in the
PO?
• Leadership positions.

8. WILLINGNESS TO PAY
Average price for the service
ID of the market
“X” Tzs “Z” Tzs
Applications
Other actors

9. THE ROAD AHEAD…

10. PARTNER
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