Summary of farmer typologies in the
Africa RISING baseline survey data
Carlo Azzarri, IFPRI
Africa RISING Monitoring and Evaluation Meeting
Arusha, Tanzania, 13-14 November 2014

Malawi/1
0 1 2 3 4 5
Farmer typologies
Dedza and Ntcheu
0 1000 2000 3000 4000
Production of cereals (kg)
type 1 type 2 type 3 type 4 type 5
Non-agricultural wealth

Malawi/2
Farmer typologies
Dedza and Ntcheu
Land size, cereal production, maize yield
0 1 2 3 4
0 1000 2000 3000 4000
Production of cereals (kg)
type 1 type 2 type 3 type 4 type 5
0 1 2 3 4
land size (ha.)
Farmer typologies
Dedza and Ntcheu
0 1000 2000 3000 4000
Maize yield (kg/ha)
type 1 type 2 type 3 type 4 type 5

Malawi/3
large holders
Land holding
Dedza and Ntcheu
smallholders
small/medium holders
-1
-.5
0
.5
1
1.5
2
medium/large holders medium holders
non-ag wealth household size land size
cereals (kg) hired labour TLU

Tanzania/1
0 1 2 3 4 5
Farmer typologies
Babati, Kongwa, Kiteto
0 2000 4000 6000 8000
Production of cereals (kg)
type 1 type 2 type 3 type 4 type 5
Non-agricultural wealth

Tanzania/2
0 1 2 3 4 5
Farmer typologies
Babati, Kongwa, Kiteto
0 2000 4000 6000 8000
Production of cereals (kg)
type 1 type 2 type 3 type 4 type 5
0 1 2 3 4 5
land size (ha.)
Farmer typologies
Babati, Kongwa, Kiteto
0 2000 4000 6000 8000
Yield of maize(kg/ha), imputed
type 1 type 2 type 3 type 4 type 5
Land size, cereal production, maize yield

Tanzania/3
large holders
Land holding
Babati,Kongwa,Kiteto
smallholders
small/medium holders
-1
-.5
0
.5
1
1.5
2
medium/large holders medium holders
non-ag wealth household size land size
cereals (kg) hired labour TLU

Ethiopia/1
0 1 2 3 4
Farmer typologies
Ethiopian Highlands
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000
Production of cereals (kg), imputed
type 1 type 2 type 3 type 4 type 5
Non-agricultural wealth

Ethiopia/2
Farmer typologies
Ethiopian Highlands
Farmer typologies
Ethiopian Highlands
Land size, cereal production, maize yield
0 1 2 3 4 5
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000
Production of cereals (kg), imputed
type 1 type 2 type 3 type 4 type 5
0 1 2 3 4 5
land size (ha.)
0 2000 4000 6000
Yield of cereal(kg/ha)
type 1 type 2 type 3 type 4 type 5

Ethiopia/3
large holders
Land holding
Ethiopian Highlands
smallholders
small/medium holders
-1
0
1
2
medium/large holders medium holders
non-ag wealth household size land size
cereals (kg) hired labour TLU

Mali /1
0 1 2 3 4
0 Farmer typologies
2000 4000 6000 8000
Production of cereals (kg), imputed
type 1 type 2 type 3 type 4 type 5
Non-agricultural wealth
Sikasso

Mali/2
Farmer typologies
Sikasso
10 15
Farmer typologies
Land size, cereal production, maize yield
10 15
0 5
0 5000 10000 15000
Production of cereals (kg), imputed
type 1 type 2 type 3 type 4 type 5
0 5
land size (ha.)
Sikasso
0 1000 2000 3000
Yield of cereal(kg/ha), imputed
type 1 type 2 type 3 type 4 type 5

Mali /3
large holders
Land holding
Sikasso
smallholders
small/medium holders
-1
0
1
2
medium/large holders medium holders
non-ag wealth household size land size
cereals (kg) hired labour TLU

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Summary and road ahead
 Objective of the typologies: good fit between targeted farmers
and appropriate interventions
 Trade-off between intra-cluster and inter-cluster homogeneity,
not too few variables, not too many
 The present typologies are based on 6 variables:
Non-ag wealth, hh size, land size, cereals production, %
prevalence of hired labor, total TLU
 Typologies should be tailored to the type of interventions, local
conditions and specific needs…
 …let’s sit down and agree on the dimensions to be considered in
each mega-site/country/district/woreda

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