"9827","10","archive","1305",,,"disk0/00/00/98/27","2017-01-06 14:22:17","2017-01-09 15:31:10","2017-01-06 14:22:17","article",,,"show",,,,"","","","","","","","","","",,,,"Zezza","A","","","","","","","Kalilou","A A","","","","",,,,,"","",,,,,"","","Development Data Group, The World Bank (Washington)","USA","Milking the data: Measuring milk off-take in extensive livestock systems. Experimental evidence from Niger","pub","s2","CRPS1","","public",,,"Livestock; Household surveys; Livelihoods; Questionnaire design",,"The authors are grateful to all the individuals who took part to
the monitoring and surveys in the village and camps of the Dantiandou
district, together with the local authorities, for their
patience and active participation to the year round monitoring
and the repeated surveys. They are grateful to Moussa Kaka, to
have toured and vaccinated the dairy cows, and to Oumar Moumouni
and Seybou Garba for most ably and carefully conducting
the interviews and monitoring of milk production. They would also
like to thank Dr. Mohamadou Gandah and his colleagues from the
ICRISAT administration office for the efficient logistical support
they provided to the field team. Alberto Zezza is indebted to Derek
Baker, Isabelle Baltenweck, Gero Carletto, Celine Dutilly, Mathieu
Lesnoff, Nancy McCarthy, Jane Poole, Steve Staal, and Matthew
Turner for guidance, discussion, and comments at various stages
of this project. Comments from two anonymous reviewers were
very helpful in improving an earlier draft of the paper. This work
was supported by the Livestock Innovation in Africa Project,
funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPPGD922).","Milk is an important source of cash and nutrients for many households in developing countries. Yet, our understanding of the role of dairy production in livelihoods and nutritional outcomes is hindered by the lack of decent quality household survey data. Data on milk off-take for human consumption are difficult to collect in household surveys for a number of reasons which make accurate recall challenging for the respondent (continuous production and seasonality among others), introducing possibly severe biases in the computation of full household incomes and farm sales, as well as in the estimation of the contribution of livestock (specifically dairy) production to agricultural value added and the livelihoods of rural households.This paper presents results from a validation exercise implemented in Niger, where alternative survey instruments based on recall methods were administered to randomly selected households, and compared to a 12-month system of physical monitoring and recording of milk production. The results of the exercise show that reasonably accurate estimates via recall methods are possible, and provide a clear ranking of questionnaire design options that can inform future survey operations.","2016-02","published",,"Food Policy","59",,"Elsevier",,"174-186",,,,,,"10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.01.005",,,,,"TRUE",,"03069192",,,,,,"","http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.01.005","https://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?q=Milking+the+data%3A+Measuring+milk+off-take+in+extensive+livestock+systems.+Experimental+evidence+from+Niger&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5","pub",,"Open Access funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation","",,,,,,"",,,,,,,"",,,,,"",,,,,"","",,,,,"","",,,,,
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