About

RHoMIS was designed to improve the process of gathering information from farming households in the rural developing world. Household surveys are very widely carried out, but the data is rarely comparable, and so the opportunities for learning between individual projects are limited. For these reasons, the tool balances standardisation with flexibility.
 
RHoMIS was also designed to reduce costs, time requirements, and reporting burdens for those who carry out household surveys. Internationally recognised indicators are used, and reflexive learning since 2015 has led to a smooth and rapid questionnaire, which gathers considerable detail in a relatively short amount of time.
 
The RHoMIS tool is built using open source software. The survey is delivered using Android mobile or tablet devices and the ODK software suite. Indicators are calculated and analyses returned using the R programming language.    
The tool is designed to minimise the burden on the rural household, to maximise the reliability of responses, and to improve consistency between different studies.
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Meet the RHoMIS team here.

​Scientific basis for RHoMIS

The RHoMIS tool has been built with a high level of scientific rigour. The survey includes proven and widely accepted indicators such as the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES), the Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS),  the Hunger and Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS), Food Availabilty (FA), and the Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI). 

Over 15 scientific papers about the tool have either been published or are in process. Click below to read more about the scientific basis of RHoMIS and find links to a selection of these papers.

Impact of RHoMIS

RHoMIS has been applied across the globe and is facilitating scientific research and the generation of a rich household dataset. RHoMIS is also contributing directly to development interventions, with increasing uptake by NGOs for the purposes of baseline surveys, and the monitoring and evaluation of projects .

We have recorded many of these instances and over the course of 2019 will be uploading them to this website to show how RHoMIS is being used and how it is having an impact. 

Funders

We are grateful for the support from our funders and contributors, listed below. In addition to the specific organisations recognised on this page, we also thank all donors which globally supported this work through their contributions to the CGIAR system.

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