Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA)
Through a unique system of longitudinal surveys, designed to improve the understanding of household and individual welfare, livelihoods and smallholder agriculture in Africa, this initiative has supported national statistical offices in Sub-Saharan Africa for 15 years.
High-Frequency Phone Surveys (LSMS-HFPS)
Initially launched to address data and knowledge gaps related to the COVID-19 pandemic, these surveys developed to facilitate routine monitoring of large-scale events, such as health emergencies or extreme weather occurrences, and their socioeconomic impacts on communities.
Plus (LSMS+)
This initiative supports policy and methodological research to improve the availability and quality of intra-household, self-reported and individual-disaggregated survey data in low- and middle-income countries on key dimensions of economic opportunities and welfare.
This multi-agency partnership aims to close the global agricultural data gap by developing an integrated and financially sustainable agricultural and rural survey program that fosters a culture of data use for decision-making in 50 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America by 2030.