Plantwise Household Survey Data

Survey data collected in Malawi and Rwanda in 2017 for the Plantwise programme. Data collected includes:

  • Demographic information about farming households, including ages and education levels of household members
  • Reliance on farming activities for household income
  • Information on tomato growing practices
  • Information sources utilised by farmers
  • Information on the 2015 tomato cropping season
  • Reasons for failure of crops
  • Household assets

Code books are also provided to aid in analysis

The following papers were produced using this data and are available for download below:

  • Bett et al., 2018: Impact of plant clinics on disease and pest management, tomato productivity and profitability in Malawi
  • Silvestri et al., 2019: Analysing the potential of plant clinics to boost crop protection in Rwanda through adoption of IPM: the case of maize and maize stem borers

Data and Resources

Cite this as

Silvia Silvestri (2019). Dataset: Plantwise Household Survey Data. CABI Datasets. https://doi.org/10.34857/0095189

Retrieved: 23:29 04 Oct 2023 (GMT)

Additional Info

Field Value
Year 2017
Publisher CABI
Open data Yes
Location AFRICA
Creator Silvia Silvestri
Maintainer Kathryn Reynolds
Last Updated October 9, 2020, 15:40 (UTC)
Created December 5, 2019, 11:02 (UTC)