Ghana - Agriculture - Feeder Roads

Start	End	Cycle
2009-08-12	2009-09-07	N/A

Face-to-face [f2f]
Pentax, with the oversight of NORC, was responsible for advertising, interviewing, and hiring of all interviewing and data entry team members. To the maximum extent possible, Pentax drew on its roster of field interviewers and supervisors with whom it has previously worked in order to ensure the highest level of field staff quality. Training was conducted from August 3 - August 7, 2009 at Ange Hill Hotel in Accra. The NORC FM and Pentax FM led the training sessions which were attended by 25 interviewers. Of these interviewers, 24 completed the training satisfactorily with 1 interviewer not invited to participate in the full data collection. MiDA staff attended each day of training and supported the NORC/Pentax staff when needed. In addition to classroom exercises, the interviewers conducted a short pre-test of the survey protocols in Winneba and Swedru. Additional ad-hoc training was conducted on August 10 and August 11, 2009.
There were 4 field teams composed of 16 interviewers, 4 associate field supervisors, and 4 field supervisors for a total of 24 field staff. Supervisors were responsible for data editing before marking a survey as complete.
Field work was carried out from August 12, 2009 through September 7, 2009 in nine Ghanaian regions: Upper East, Upper West, Northern, Brong-Ahafo, Ashanti, Volta, Central, Eastern, and Greater Accra. Our sample was distributed across regions with an equal amount of treatment and control groups composing a total of 308 localities. During the first week of data collection, the NORC FM, Pentax FM, and MiDA supervisor visited each field team. Issues identified during the fieldwork phase can be found in section 3 of the “Phase 1, Baseline Findings Report” (attached), as can a detailed description of field procedures.

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
Pentax Management and Consulting	Pentax

There were 4 field teams composed of 16 interviewers, 4 associate field supervisors, and 4 field supervisors for a total of 24 field staff. Supervisors were responsible for management and oversight, and for data editing before marking a survey as complete.
During the first week of data collection, the NORC FM, Pentax FM, and MiDA supervisor visited each field team. Issues identified during the fieldwork phase can be found in section 3 of the “Phase 1, Baseline Findings Report” (attached). Following the first week, the Pentax FM was in continuous contact with the field teams as well as the NORC FM. All identified issues were handled appropriately to ensure high quality and a successful conclusion to the data collection period.