Research Reports

This report was generated to serve as a reference document for Musika and its implementing partners. Musika Development Initiatives (Musika) is a non-profit company that works to stimulate private sector investments in rural agricultural markets. It achieves this by helping businesses to develop mutually beneficial and transparent commercial relationships with smallholders that integrate the provision of information and technology adoption, and provide confidence and long term incentives for smallholders to invest in their farming business.

This report was generated to serve as a reference document for Musika Development Initiatives (Musika) and World Food Programme (WFP). Musika is a non-profit company that works to stimulate private sector investments in rural agricultural markets. It achieves this by helping businesses to develop mutually beneficial and transparent commercial relationships with smallholders that integrate the provision of information and technology adoption, and provide confidence and long term incentives for smallholders to invest in their farming business.

This report was generated to serve as a reference document for Musika Development Initiatives (Musika) and its implementing partners. Musika is a non-profit company that works to stimulate private sector investments in rural agricultural markets. It achieves this by helping businesses to develop mutually beneficial and transparent commercial relationships with smallholders that integrate the provision of information and technology adoption, and provide confidence and long term incentives for smallholders to invest in their farming business.

The Annual Household Survey (AHS), is primarily conducted to test the validity of Musika’s theory of change for generating impact at household level, on an annual basis. The data from the survey is presented in a descriptive format, and helps to offer insights on what the potential effect of Musika’s interventions have been at household-level. It also offers lessons in areas where Musika requires making improvements.

The Annual Household Survey (AHS), is primarily conducted to test the validity of Musika’s theory of change for generating impact at household level, on an annual basis. The data from the survey is presented in a descriptive format, and helps to offer insights on what the potential effect of Musika’s interventions have been at household-level. It also offers lessons in areas where Musika requires making improvements.

This report was generated to serve as a reference document for Musika and its implementing partners.

Musika has over the years carried out surveys to assess the impact of its interventions on the rural poor smallholder farmers i.e. how market linkages have led to a change in farmers' income levels

Musika’s methodology involves facilitating the creation of a beneficial market environment that supports improved access to markets that in turn stimulates higher levels of farmer investment in production and productivity. The changes in farmers’ levels of production, productivity, incomes and general livelihoods as a result of their access to improved markets have all been measured, and positive results have so far been recorded. However, through this survey, Musika sought to identify the indirect spin-off effects, if any, of its interventions on the socio-economic status of the communities within which the interventions are taking place.