{jathumbnail off}Aim:

• to examine relation of commercialisation of small farming
• to levels of food security andother variations amongst households such as assets
• to see how much intervention overcomes potential failures in factor & product marketsto observe early results

Method:

• Study comparable communities of small and poor farmers subject to intervention to facilitate more commercialised production
• Three areas of Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi
• Observe outset of intervention, return two or one year later
• Combination of qualitative study +  small household surveys
• Start of studies to be staggered: 08/09 Kenya; 09/10 Ethiopia, Malawi
• But not possible to begin in Kenya during current year Plan for 09/10 & onwards