A cross-sectional data on women’s empowerment, crop diversification, and nutrition in Benin

Akonkwa, Dieu-Merci Nyamuhirwa; Bodjrenou, Fifali Sam Ulrich; Teuber, Ramona

A cross-sectional data on women’s empowerment, crop diversification, and nutrition in Benin

dc.contributor.author	Akonkwa, Dieu-Merci Nyamuhirwa
dc.contributor.author	Bodjrenou, Fifali Sam Ulrich
dc.contributor.author	Teuber, Ramona
dc.contributor.other	International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT): Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT.
dc.date.accessioned	2026-07-09T06:17:01Z
dc.date.issued	2026-07-08
dc.description.abstract	We present cross-sectional data from 558 households in South Benin collected in October 2024. Using a multistage sampling approach, the survey was implemented in three municipalities: Kpomassè, Torri-bossito, and Zè, covering 56 villages. Women were the targeted respondents. We relied on computer-assisted and imagery-assisted personal interviews to collect data on seven modules, including the Abbreviated Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (A-WEAI), household-level crop diversification, and nutrition (dietary diversity, the Food Insecurity Experience Scale, and anthropometric measures). The participants' names, telephone numbers, and geo coordinates were removed to comply with ethics requirements and the informed consent signed by the participants.
dc.description.sponsorship	Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
dc.description.sponsorship	European Commission
dc.identifier.uri	https://jlupub.ub.uni-giessen.de/handle/jlupub/21684
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-21028
dc.language.iso	en
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subject	Women’s empowerment
dc.subject	Crop diversification
dc.subject	Dietary diversity
dc.subject	Food insecurity experience scale
dc.subject	Benin
dc.subject.ddc	ddc:300
dc.title	A cross-sectional data on women’s empowerment, crop diversification, and nutrition in Benin
dc.type	Dataset
local.affiliation	FB 09 - Agrarwissenschaften, Ökotrophologie und Umweltmanagement
local.project	German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (contract number P1401273); Fiat Panis Foundation (Project No. 15/2024), and the Healthy Diets for Africa Project (HD4A), which is funded by the European Union [Grant No. 01083388 - HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01].