Generation II - Icrisat

Documentation of ICRISAT Second Generation
Village Level Studies (VLS) In India,
2005-06 to 2008-09.
1. INTRODUCTION
This is a continuation of documenting Second Generation Village Level Studies started
during 2001 in six villages in India carried out by then Global Theme on Institutions, Markets,
Policy and Impacts (GT-IMPI) of ICRISAT, at present renamed as Research Project-Markets,
Institutions and Policies (RP-MIP). This publication describes the documentation of second
generatiobn Village Level Studies from 2005-2008. Resident field investigators collected the socioeconomic,
agro-biological and institutional constraints from panel households once in 3-4 weeks
(high frequency rounds of data collection) for three years (2005-06, 2006-07 and 2008-09) using
structured survey instruments. In 2007-08, bi-annual survey was conducted at the end of kharif
(rainy) and rabi (post rainy) seasons using survey instruments with slight modifications from the
same panel households by the resident field investigators.
2. HOUSEHOLD IDENTIFIER FOR SECOND GENERATION VLS (2001-
2008)
2.1. First Generation VLS: A total of 240 households from 6 villages (in 5 talukas in 3 districts) of
Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra states were interviewed from 1975-76 to 1984-85. Information
was collected from each household for every 3-4 weeks. The study was extended to two villages in
Gujarat in 1980 and two more in Madhya Pradesh in 1981. Using the same methodology, a total of
160 households were interviewed in these two states (80 households in Gujarat from 1980-81 to
1984-85 and 80 households in Madhya Pradesh from 1981-82 to 1984-85). Household identification
number (HHID) is allocated to each selected household (1-10 for landless, 30-39 for small, 40-49
for medium and 50-59 for large farm size groups) based on the operational land holding in 1975 and
continued the same ID upto 1984-85. During the survey period, if any household from panel was
not available due to out migration or any other reasons for longer period, then such households were
replaced by selecting a new household from village census based on operational holding. New
houserhold ID starting from 60 to 99 was allocated to the replaced household. These studies were
suspended in 1985. Again these studies were resumed in 2001-02 in all six villages (for more
information refers the documentation of ICRISAT second generation Village Level Studies in India,
2001-02 to 2004-05).
2.2. Second Generation VLS 2005-06 to 2008-09: GT-IMPI of ICRISAT has been continuing
these studies in six traditional villages, two villages in Andhra Pradesh and four villages in
Maharashtra with high frequency rounds of data collection in 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2008-09. Only
by-annual survey survey was conducted in 2007-08. Oxford University (UK) provided financial
support for continuation of VLS studies in six traditional villages in 2005. Tracking survey was
initiated in all six VLS villages in March 2005 by the researchers (Dr Stefan Dercon and Premila
Krishnan). The main objective is to track or identify the status of each individual member of
households studied during first generation VLS from 1975-84 and households studied in second
generation VLS between 2001-2004 and changes (death, birth, separation, and migration etc.) taken
place to the individual members of these households. The basis for this survey is Masterlist. This
list will include full information of all the individuals ever surveyed that have originated from one
of the ‘old’ (First Generation) VLS data and for whom we have data in the master list completed in