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Socio-economic categorization of the rural households in normal weather Western zone, Ivory Coast rice seed
market (IRC, Oxfam, ACF, Save the Children, 2011)
Very Poor households
Poor households
Less rich households
Food Crops
Small rain rice field only, not of
Hollow
Importance of the manioc (in the
same rice field)!
Small rain rice field only,
Pas de Bas- melts or mini piece
(without inputs)
Importance of the manioc!
Rain rice
Rice of hollows (also with inputs)
Also bananas plantains
Cash Crops
Not
Not
Coffee and/or cocoa
Other sources of
income (excluding
cash crops)
Sale of sticks, coal
Labor day laborer
Sale of manioc (also rice, by
distress) Solidarity by easy
families
Sale of sticks, coal
Labor day laborer
Sale of manioc (also rice)
Solidarity by easy families
Trade
Sale of food
Access to land
By loan
Or
portions out clean, but small
Clean, but small piece
Proper piece
Agricultural
equipment
Limited number of dabas
(traditional hoe) and machete
Bad quality of machetes
Limited number of dabas (traditional
hoe) and machete
Bad quality of machetes
More significant number of dabas +
machetes (of good quality)
Local manual labor
No: Employed by rich person
No: Employed by rich person
Yes : Are employers of labor
Employment
outside the zone /
temporary
migration
Temporary agricultural
employment out of the zone for
sugar and cocoa (Soubré, etc)
Temporary agricultural employment
out of the zone for cane has sugar
(with the sugar complex) and cocoa
(Soubré, etc)
No
Animals
Not
Some hens
Hens, goats (sometimes sheep) ducks,
guinea fowl
Household size
Small
Small
Larger, often household (families)
polygamous
House
In bank value
Bank value
Improved (sheets, with cement
possibly)
Education
Children not provided education
at very high level
Children not provided education at
very high level
Level of schooling raised, most children
provided education for
IDPs (if host area)
No, because displaced will not
come on their premises! (lack of
means)
No, because displaced will not come
on their premises! (lack of means)
YES improved living condition
Example of a Seasonal Calendar from Wajir (MercyCorps 2011)
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Box 3.11 (EMMATKp72) Seasonal calendar for market system
Factor
S
O
N
D
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
Prices of item
Low
High
Trade volumes
High
Low
Employment level
Planting: high
Low
Harvest
Input purchases
$
$
Main harvest sale
Repayments due
$
$
Flooding season
Flood
Market map (see Box 3.9 (EMMATKp70) in ANNEX Step 3
Recommendations Frameworks (see Box 9.15 and 1.96 (EMMATKp180, p181) in ANNEX Step 8
Box: 6.2 (EMMATKp121) Types of useful quantitative data in EMMA
Data
Details
Why data are useful or important
Actor
numbers
Number of target households
(differentiating between numbers of women and men if
relevant)
Number of market actors at key points in the chain
To understand scale of activities.
To extrapolate from sample.
To flag up risks of poor conduct (e.g. cartels).
Price data
Prices for target households, and at key points along
supply / value chain
To help to diagnose supply or demand failure.
To help to identify bottlenecks.
Volumes
Consumption or production by different target groups
(differentiating between women and men if appropriate –
e.g. for production)
Trade volumes in local, provincial, national markets
To assess availability.
To evaluate capacity to respond to procurement needs.
To help diagnose supply and demand failure.