The AFRINT project, which has been running since 2002, is an interdisciplinary, comparative project looking initially at the possibilities for an Asian-style Green Revolution in nine countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Mozambique) on the basis of household level data for around 4,000 smallholder farms. The second phase, Afrint II, was launched in 2008 and aimed to trace patterns of change among these households given the growing policy interest in smallholder-based agrarian development. In 2010, a downsized Afrint III was launched, covering the original sample in six countries. Since 2016, a downsized phase of Afrint, Afrint IV/Papaya (Policy for Equity in African Agriculture), has been carried out in a subset of villages across Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
2,354 (households)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
The population of all villages included in the sample.
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2002
Primary Institutions
Lund University (Lunds Universitet)
Links
keg.lu.se/en/research/research-projects/current-research-projects/afrint
fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/academic/pdf/openaccess/9780198799283.pdf
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Agricultural Policy Research in Africa (APRA)
Department for International Development (DFID) now known as Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete, SIDA)
Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected

Engagement
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