1. CSA Practices

6.1 CSA practices implementation (general)

Household level indicators are calculated based on the responses from the household heads.

Percentage of adopting households corresponding to the number of household (heads) that reported having implement at least one of the CSA practices.


6.1.1 CSA practices implementation (by practice and gender)

Percentage of households (heads), and of female-headed or male-headed households that implement CSA practices

N Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds Minimum or Zero Tillage Solar-based irrigation + vegetable production System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
Households 102 48% 39% 9% 12% 14%
Male-headed household 83 52% 42% 10% 10% 13%
Female-headed household 19 32% 26% 5% 21% 16%

6.1.2 CSA practices implementation (by community)

Percentage of households (heads) who implement CSA practices across the different CSV communities.


6.2 CSA Adoption drivers (by practice and gender)

Percentage of farmers (male or female) reporting a specific driver or motivation for their household to adopt a CSA practice

This indicator corresponds to the number of farmers that reported a specific adoption driver over the total that responded the motivation question.

CSA Practices N In Response to a Climate Event Learning from Libird New Market Opportunities Other To Adapt to Future Climate Shocks
Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) 20 30% 50% 5% 10% 5%
Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds 78 4% 37% 12% 46% 1%
Minimum or Zero Tillage 26 4% 85% 0% 12% 0%
Solar-based irrigation + vegetable production 94 0% 50% 26% 24% 0%
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) 19 5% 74% 0% 21% 0%

6.2.1 Adoption drivers for Solar-based irrigation + vegetable production (by gender)

Percentage of farmers (female and male) reporting a specific driver or motivation to adopt a CSA practice, who responded to the question : “What was the main reason for implementing Solar-based irrigation + vegetable production?”

Gender N Learning from Libird New Market Opportunities Other
Female 46 52% 26% 22%
Male 48 48% 25% 27%

6.2.2 Adoption drivers for Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds (by gender)

Percentage of farmers (female and male) reporting a specific driver or motivation to adopt a CSA practice, who responded to the question : “What was the main reason for implementing Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds?”

Gender N In Response to a Climate Event Learning from Libird New Market Opportunities Other To Adapt to Future Climate Shocks
Female 39 3% 36% 13% 46% 3%
Male 39 5% 38% 10% 46% 0%

6.2.3 Adoption drivers for System of Rice Intensification (SRI) (by gender)

Percentage of farmers (female and male) reporting a specific driver or motivation to adopt a CSA practice, who responded to the question : “What was the main reason for implementing System of Rice Intensification (SRI)?”

Gender N In Response to a Climate Event Learning from Libird Other
Female 9 0% 78% 22%
Male 10 10% 70% 20%

6.2.4 Adoption drivers for Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) (by gender)

Percentage of farmers (female and male) reporting a specific driver or motivation to adopt a CSA practice, who responded to the question : “What was the main reason for implementing Improved seeds (high yielding wheat)?”

Gender N In Response to a Climate Event Learning from Libird New Market Opportunities Other To Adapt to Future Climate Shocks
Female 11 36% 55% 0% 9% 0%
Male 9 22% 44% 11% 11% 11%

6.2.5 Adoption drivers for Minimum or Zero Tillage (by gender)

Percentage of farmers (female and male) reporting a specific driver or motivation to adopt a CSA practice, who responded to the question : “What was the main reason for implementing Minimum or Zero Tillage?”

Gender N In Response to a Climate Event Learning from Libird Other
Female 15 0% 93% 7%
Male 11 9% 73% 18%


6.3 Involvement in CSA implementation (by practice and gender)

Percentage of farmers (male and female) reporting specific levels of involvement in the implementation of the CSA practice, who answered the question: “Where you the person in charge of doing most of the work/activities associated to the implementation of the CSA practice?”

CSA Practices Gender N I did most of the work I did not do anything I equally contributed I just helped
Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) Female 11 36% 0% 36% 27%
Male 10 20% 10% 70% 0%
Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds Female 41 12% 5% 66% 17%
Male 40 10% 2% 78% 10%
Minimum or Zero Tillage Female 15 27% 0% 53% 20%
Male 11 27% 0% 64% 9%
Solar-based irrigation + vegetable production Female 46 13% 0% 63% 24%
Male 48 23% 0% 62% 15%
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Female 9 22% 0% 56% 22%
Male 10 30% 0% 70% 0%

6.3.1 Doing most of the CSA implementation


6.3.2 Just helped in the CSA implementation


6.3.3 Did not participate in CSA implementation



6.3.4 Contributed in CSA implementation

6.4 CSA dis-adoption (general)

Percentage of non-adopting households (female and male-headed) that reported having dis-adopted at least one CSA practice before in the household.

6.4.1 CSA dis-adoption (by practice and gender)

Percentage of households (heads), and of female-headed or male-headed households that answered “Yes” to the question; “Was this practice implemented before in your household?”

CSA Practices N Percentage
Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) Households 66 0%
Male-headed household 54 0%
Female-headed household 12 0%
Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds Households 40 48%
Male-headed household 33 45%
Female-headed household 7 57%
Minimum or Zero Tillage Households 71 13%
Female-headed household 14 14%
Male-headed household 57 12%
Solar-based irrigation + vegetable production Households 42 55%
Female-headed household 8 50%
Male-headed household 34 56%
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Households 78 28%
Male-headed household 63 29%
Female-headed household 15 27%


6.5 CSA dis-adoption drivers (by practice and gender)

Percentage of farmers (male and female) reporting a specific driver or motivation to dis-adopt a CSA practice; who responded to the question: “What was the main reason why your household stopped implementing the practices?”

CSA Practices N Did not Generate Economic Benefits Other Required a Lot of Work Very Expensive to Implement
Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) 40 20% 68% 5% 8%
Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds 35 17% 71% 3% 9%
Minimum or Zero Tillage 15 0% 7% 93% 0%
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) 35 14% 46% 40% 0%

6.5.1 CSA dis-adoption drivers for Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds (by gender)

Percentage of farmers (female and male) reporting different drivers of CSA dis-adoption, who answered the question: “What was the main reason why your household stopped Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds?”

Gender N Did not Generate Economic Benefits Other Required a Lot of Work Very Expensive to Implement
Female 16 31% 62% 0% 6%
Male 19 5% 79% 5% 11%

6.5.2 CSA dis-adoption drivers for System of Rice Intensification (SRI) (by gender)

Percentage of farmers (female and male) reporting different drivers of CSA dis-adoption, who answered the question: “What was the main reason why your household stopped System of Rice Intensification (SRI)?”

Gender N Did not Generate Economic Benefits Other Required a Lot of Work
Female 20 15% 40% 45%
Male 15 13% 53% 33%

6.5.3 CSA dis-adoption drivers for Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) (by gender)

Percentage of farmers (female and male) reporting different drivers of CSA dis-adoption, who answered the question: “What was the main reason why your household stopped Improved seeds (high yielding wheat)?”

Gender N Did not Generate Economic Benefits Other Required a Lot of Work Very Expensive to Implement
Female 21 19% 67% 5% 10%
Male 19 21% 68% 5% 5%


Outcomes of CSA practices

6.6 Effect (perceived) on production (by practice)

Percentage of farmers (female and male) reporting perceived effects of the CSA practice on yield/production, who responded to the question: “What was the effect of the practices on your household production?”

Practices N Decreased Production I Can’t Say Because it Was New Increased Production No Effect
Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) 20 0% 0% 100% 0%
Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds 78 9% 1% 83% 6%
Minimum or Zero Tillage 26 0% 0% 100% 0%
Solar-based irrigation + vegetable production 94 0% 5% 95% 0%
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) 19 16% 0% 74% 11%

6.6.1 Perceived effect of Solar-based irrigation + vegetable production on yield/production

Percentage of farmers (female and male) reporting perceived effects of the CSA practice on yield/production, who responded to the question: What was the effect of Solar-based irrigation + vegetable production on your household production?

Gender N I Can’t Say Because it Was New Increased Production
Female 46 2% 98%
Male 48 8% 92%

6.6.2 Perceived effect of Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds on yield/production

Percentage of farmers (female and male) reporting perceived effects of the CSA practice on yield/production, who responded to the question: What was the effect of Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds on your household production?

Gender N Decreased Production I Can’t Say Because it Was New Increased Production No Effect
Female 39 8% 0% 87% 5%
Male 39 10% 3% 79% 8%

6.6.3 Perceived effect of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) on yield/production

Percentage of farmers (female and male) reporting perceived effects of the CSA practice on yield/production, who responded to the question: What was the effect of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) on your household production?

Gender N Decreased Production Increased Production No Effect
Female 9 22% 78% 0%
Male 10 10% 70% 20%

6.6.4 Perceived effect of Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) on yield/production

Percentage of farmers (female and male) reporting perceived effects of the CSA practice on yield/production, who responded to the question: What was the effect of Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) on your household production?

Gender N Increased Production
Female 11 100%
Male 9 100%

6.6.5 Perceived effect of Minimum or Zero Tillage on yield/production

Percentage of farmers (female and male) reporting perceived effects of the CSA practice on yield/production, who responded to the question: What was the effect of Minimum or Zero Tillage on your household production?

Gender N Increased Production
Female 15 100%
Male 11 100%


6.7 Use of additional CSA production

Percentage of households (heads) that answered “Yes” to the questions: “Did you in the household sell this additional production?” or “Did you in the household use this additional production for the household consumption?”

CSA Practices N Use Percentage of households
Solar-based irrigation + vegetable production 45 Sale 42%
45 Consumption 100%
Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds 33 Sale 21%
33 Consumption 100%
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) 7 Sale 71%
7 Consumption 100%
Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) 12 Sale 50%
12 Consumption 100%
Minimum or Zero Tillage 14 Sale 50%
14 Consumption 100%

6.8 Perceived CSA effect on income

Percentage of farmers that answered “Yes”to the question:“Compare to before its implementation, has [the CSA practice] generated additional income for the household?”

CSA Practices N Percentage of farmers
Solar-based irrigation + vegetable production 94 61%
Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds 78 50%
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) 19 68%
Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) 20 95%
Minimum or Zero Tillage 26 62%

6.8.1 Perceived CSA effect on income (by gender)

Percentage of farmers (male and female) implementing CSA that answered “Yes”to the question:“Compare to before its implementation, has [the CSA practice] generated additional income for the household?”

CSA Practices Gender N Percentage of farmers
Solar-based irrigation + vegetable production Female 46 61%
Male 48 60%
Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds Female 39 49%
Male 39 51%
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Female 9 67%
Male 10 70%
Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) Female 11 91%
Male 9 100%
Minimum or Zero Tillage Female 15 53%
Male 11 73%

6.10 Perceived effect of CSA practices on food access and diversity

  • Percentage of farmers, (male and female) implementing CSA practices who answered “Yes” to the question: “Because of the implementation of the practice, did the number of month where you are usually concerned of having enough food for your household decreased (compare to not having it)?”

  • Percentage of farmers, (male and female) implementing CSA practices who answered “Yes” to the question: “Has implementation of the practice allowed for having more variety of products for consumption in your household (compared to not having the practice)?”

Improved food access
Food diversification
CSA Practices N Percentage N Percentage
Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) Farmers 20 100% 20 100%
Female 11 100% 11 100%
Male 9 100% 9 100%
Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds Farmers 78 83% 78 95%
Female 39 82% 39 97%
Male 39 85% 39 92%
Minimum or Zero Tillage Farmers 25 80% 25 88%
Female 15 73% 15 80%
Male 10 90% 10 100%
Solar-based irrigation + vegetable production Farmers 94 85% 94 72%
Female 46 91% 46 74%
Male 48 79% 48 71%
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Farmers 19 74% 19 74%
Female 9 78% 9 78%
Male 10 70% 10 70%

6.10.1 Perceived effect of CSA practices on food access (by gender)

6.10.2 Perceived effect of CSA practices on food diversity (by gender)


6.11 Perceived effect of CSA practices on climate vulnerability

Percentage of CSA implementing farmers (female and male) that answered Yes to the question: Do you personally think that having the crop rotation effectively allowed your household to be less affected or recover quicker from experienced weather related shocks/events?

CSA Practices N Percentage
Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) Farmers 20 95%
Female 11 100%
Male 9 89%
Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds Farmers 78 71%
Female 39 69%
Male 39 72%
Minimum or Zero Tillage Farmers 25 76%
Female 15 67%
Male 10 90%
Solar-based irrigation + vegetable production Farmers 94 79%
Female 46 76%
Male 48 81%
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Farmers 19 74%
Female 9 78%
Male 10 70%

6.11.1 Perceived effect of CSA practices on climate vulnerability (by gender)

Percentage of CSA implementing farmers (female and male) who answered “Yes”to the question: Do you personally think that having the CSA practices effectively allowed your household to be less affected or recover quicker from experienced weather related shocks/events?


6.12 CSA effect on Gender dimensions

6.12.1 Perceived CSA effect on labor time

Percentage of CSA implementing farmers (male and female) who answered the question: Because of the CSA practices, did you personally take more, less or the same amount of time in agricultural activities?

CSA Practices N Less time More time Same amount of time
Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) Farmers 20 25% 65% 10%
Female 11 18% 73% 9%
Male 9 33% 56% 11%
Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds Farmers 78 14% 45% 41%
Female 39 10% 41% 49%
Male 39 18% 49% 33%
Minimum or Zero Tillage Farmers 26 42% 42% 15%
Female 15 47% 40% 13%
Male 11 36% 45% 18%
Solar-based irrigation + vegetable production Farmers 94 16% 26% 59%
Female 46 13% 24% 63%
Male 48 19% 27% 54%
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Farmers 19 95% 0% 5%
Female 9 89% 0% 11%
Male 10 100% 0% 0%

Increasing labor time

No effect on labor time

Decreasing labor time


6.12.3 Decision making on CSA implementation (by practice; gender disaggregated)

Percentage of CSA implementing male and female farmers, who answered the question: “Did you participate in the process of deciding to implement the practices on your farm?”

CSA Practices N Decided alone Did not participate in the decision Was a joint decision
Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) Female 11 27% 9% 64%
Male 10 10% 10% 80%
Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds Female 41 10% 10% 80%
Male 40 10% 2% 88%
Minimum or Zero Tillage Female 15 0% 7% 93%
Male 11 0% 9% 91%
Solar-based irrigation + vegetable production Female 46 2% 7% 91%
Male 48 15% 0% 85%
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Female 9 0% 0% 100%
Male 10 20% 0% 80%

6.12.4 Participation decision making on CSA dis-adoption

Percentage of implementing, male and female farmers, who answered yes to the question: Did you personally decide or participate in the decision to stop implementing the practice?

CSA Practices N Percentage
Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds Female 16 44%
Male 19 100%
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Female 20 75%
Male 15 100%
Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) Female 21 43%
Male 19 89%
Minimum or Zero Tillage Female 8 100%
Male 7 86%

6.13 Sources of CSA learning

Percentage of implementing farmers (male and female) who answered the question: How did you personally learn to implement the practice?

CSA Practices N family member or neighbor Libird Self-learning Training by technical assistance by govt. organization
Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) Farmers 20 10% 90% 0% 0%
Female 11 18% 82% 0% 0%
Male 9 0% 100% 0% 0%
Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds Farmers 78 26% 37% 37% 0%
Female 39 23% 33% 44% 0%
Male 39 28% 41% 31% 0%
Minimum or Zero Tillage Farmers 26 0% 100% 0% 0%
Female 15 0% 100% 0% 0%
Male 11 0% 100% 0% 0%
Solar-based irrigation + vegetable production Farmers 94 20% 63% 15% 2%
Female 46 28% 61% 9% 2%
Male 48 12% 65% 21% 2%
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Farmers 19 0% 100% 0% 0%
Female 9 0% 100% 0% 0%
Male 10 0% 100% 0% 0%

Female sources of CSA knowledge

Male sources of CSA knowledge


6.14 Access to CSA training

Percentage farmers (male and female) who answered “from Training by technical assistance by other institution” or “From CCAFS training / demonstrations”, to the question: “How did you personally learn to implement water terraces?”

CSA Practice N Percentage
Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) Farmers 50 88%
Female 22 82%
Male 28 93%
Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds Farmers 98 37%
Female 46 35%
Male 52 38%
Minimum or Zero Tillage Farmers 92 91%
Female 46 87%
Male 46 96%
Solar-based irrigation + vegetable production Farmers 107 64%
Female 50 62%
Male 57 65%
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Farmers 64 84%
Female 29 93%
Male 35 77%

6.14.1 Access to training in CSA practices (gender)

6.15 CSA awareness

Percentage of farmers (male and female) participating anyhow on a CSA practice related activity (answered “Yes, I did most” or “No, I just helped” to the questions: “Were you the person in charge of doing most of the work/activities associated to CSA practice?”) or not implementing but saying “Yes” to the question: “having heard about [the CSA practice]?”

CSA Practices N Percentage
Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) Farmers 199 63%
Female 106 56%
Male 93 72%
Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds Farmers 198 75%
Female 106 69%
Male 92 82%
Minimum or Zero Tillage Farmers 199 75%
Female 106 70%
Male 93 81%
Solar-based irrigation + vegetable production Farmers 198 83%
Female 106 75%
Male 92 91%
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Farmers 198 74%
Female 106 64%
Male 92 85%

6.16 CSA interest by non-adopters

Percentage of non CSA implementing farmers (male and female) who answered “Yes”to the question: “Would you like to receive more information on CSA practices?”

CSA Practice N Percentage
Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) Famers 94 80%
Female 54 70%
Male 40 92%
Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds Famers 117 83%
Female 65 78%
Male 52 88%
Minimum or Zero Tillage Famers 160 81%
Female 85 79%
Male 75 84%
Solar-based irrigation + vegetable production Famers 93 77%
Female 54 76%
Male 39 79%
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Famers 160 83%
Female 85 81%
Male 75 85%

6.17 Farer to farmer knowledge dissemination

Percentage of farmers (female and male) who responded “Yes” to the question: “Did you personally teach the practice to someone beyond the household members?”

CSA Practices N Percentage
Improved seeds (high yielding wheat) Farmers 20 55%
Female 11 27%
Male 9 89%
Intercropping + Improved Legume seeds Farmers 78 33%
Female 39 23%
Male 39 44%
Minimum or Zero Tillage Farmers 26 54%
Female 15 47%
Male 11 64%
Solar-based irrigation + vegetable production Farmers 94 44%
Female 46 35%
Male 48 52%
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Farmers 19 42%
Female 9 33%
Male 10 50%

6.17.1 Dissemination of CSA knowledge from farmer to farmer (by gender)

Percentage of famers (male and female) who answered “Yes” to the question: “Did you personally teach the practice to someone beyond the household members?”


2020-01-05