Annex 1: Rural household survey gender aspects of woodfuel flows
Annex 2 : Guidelines for sawmill survey
Annex 3 : General guidelines used for the survey of industries
Annex 4 : General guidelines used for the survey of fuelwood depots
Annex 5: General guidelies used for the survey of large scale supply sourceners/contractors
Annex 6 : General guidelines used for the survey of transport system (respondents, lorry drivers/owners carters)
Annex 7: Research team and specific tasks performed
Field Researcher:.............
Date: ..............................
Name of the respondent:..................
Ethnicity:........................
Type of Unit (Nuclear)......................
Address:..........................................
Religion:..........................
I. HOUSEHOLD
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II. HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE
Total area:...................
No of Rooms:................
Structure
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Kitchen |
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Brick |
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Tiles |
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III. HOUSEHOLD RESOURCES (fuelwood producing systems)
Land (Homegarden): .............
Other:..................................
What Crops: ........................
House Ownership: ................
IV. HOUSEHOLD ENERGY USE PATTERNS
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Boiling water |
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Ironing |
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Industry |
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Lighting |
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Television etc. |
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Heating |
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1 = Percentage;
2 = Cost per month.
Gender involvement:
Ask men - do you collect fuelwood? Yes/No.
What activities are you involved in? Harvesting/trimming/cross-cutting/processing/carrying/marketing.
Ask Women - do you collect fuelwood? Yes/No.
What activities are you involved in? Harvesting/trimming/cross-cutting/processing/carrying/marketing
V. COMPOSITION OF COOKING ENERGY
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Type (consumed) |
Amount per week |
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Real Wood |
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Fronds |
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Coconut husks |
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Straw |
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Saw dust |
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VI. WOODFUEL FLOWS
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Source |
Ownership by gender |
Distance to source |
Average weight per trip |
Mode of transport |
No. of trips/purchase per week |
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Fences/hedge |
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Own farm |
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Outside land (purchased) ** |
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Other reservation |
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Market |
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** who pays: Male/Female; Cost per unit (1 kg)......
VII. IF EXCESS IS PRODUCED
Do you sell? Yes/No (if yes answer following questions) % sold?.................
How often?............
DETAILS
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Type sold |
To whom do you sell? |
How do they carry? |
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Branch-wood Jak |
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" Mango |
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" Rubber |
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" Other |
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VIII. SPECIES
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List of species used for fuelwood |
Rank according to preference |
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IX. RELATED ACTIVITIES AND INVOLVEMENT BY GENDER
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Harvesting (*specify) |
Trimming & cross-cutting |
Processing |
Carrying |
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Fences/hedge |
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Own farm |
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· specify:- Harvesting dead-wood/harvesting live-wood (i.e. pruning);
** specify:- Selling at homegarden/farmland/carry and sell,· 1 = Men alone; 2 = Women alone; 3 = Both jointly.
1. Location: .............................................
2. Name of the respondent:.............................
3. Do you sell wood for fuelwood at the mill? Yes/No
4. If Yes:-
Date of the visit: ................
Who owns the mill? Male/Female
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Who are the buyers |
Approximate % share |
Who pays |
Who carries |
Mode of transport |
Demand for specific types |
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1. Households |
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2. Bakeries |
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3. Lime industry |
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4. Brick industry |
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5. Other |
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5. What is the price per unit (cubic meter)? Rs. ...........
6. From where do you get timber?
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2. Forests |
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3. Plantations |
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7. What type of wood goes for fuelwood? Shavings/rotten segments/other
8. List the benefits you get from selling wood waste?
1............. 2.............. 3............... 4............. 5.......... 6........
9. Prepare a descriptive report on the operational system:
1. Name: .....................................
2. Who owns? Male/Female (describe the production system)
3. Location: .................................
4. Type of industry: Brick/Pottery/Lime/Bakery
5. Who operates the production system? Male/Female/Both
6. Fuelwood usage:
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Who supplies? |
Supply sources |
Type of unit purchase |
Price per unit |
Cost of wood |
Cost of transport |
Mode of transport |
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Fuelwood |
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Straw |
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Paddy husks |
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Coconut husks |
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Coconut fronds |
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7. Do you collect fuelwood for the industry? .............
8. What is percentage of expenditure on wood and its transportation? ...........
9. Do you think supply is reliable?............
10. Do you want to adopt alternative sources? ...........
11. Gender involvement in the production process at the supply system:
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Trimming & cross-cutting |
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12. Have you noticed any difficulties in the delivery system? ............
13. Why do you want to use fuelwood? .....................................
14. Do you prefer to use specific types for good quality output?.........
15. What types of fuelwood do you use?
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16. Who/what are the sources of supply? .................................
17. Do you find it difficult to get better quality wood? ...................
18. If so what are your coping strategies? .....................................
19. Write a report on the industrial operation and gender engagement in woodfuel supply:
1. Name:........................................... Date of the visit: ................................
2. Nature of the business: .......................................
3. Ownership: Male/Female
4. Who is involved in the management? Male/Female
5. What are the sources of income of the depot owner? 1...........2.......
6. What are the types of wood depot deals with? .......................
7. What are the sources? .........................
8. Identify the geographical location of sources? ............................
9. Who delivers? ...........................
10. What is the nature of sale? ....................... Wholesale: .........Retail................
11. What is the price paid for the delivery/per unit? .........................
12. How often does delivery take place? Weekly/daily/monthly
13. Are there any seasonal differences? ....................
14. What is the mode of transport? ..........................
15. Do you pay separately for transport? ..................
16. What is the volume of a lorry load? ....................
17. Describe the activities you arrange at the depot? 1......2......3......4......5......6.......
18. Do you deliver billets directly to the users?....... If so give percentage & mode of transport:......
19. Do you deliver semi-processed wood?......... If so give percentage & mode of transport: .......
20. Do you deliver split wood directly? ........ If so give percentage & mode of transport: .........
21. Explain to whom (by gender) you sell split wood? ....... Give percentage: ...........
22. What is the unit of sale? Kg/m3
23. What is the selling price per unit? ........
24. Who are your main customers? ...........
25. How do they carry?............
26. Explain the flow mechanism between fuelwood depot and end users? (calculate the net cost and returns for the fuelwood depots from trade) ................................
1. Name: ................................. Location: .......................... Date of visit:
2. Type of production system and owner (by sex):......
3. Type of wood traded ?...............
4. What are the reasons for harvesting trees? ...............
5. Who undertakes the harvesting? ...................
6. What type of arrangements do you make?
i. Land clearance
ii. Felling trees and removing timber
iii. Felling only
iv. Cross-cut and transport to urban areas
v. Other
7. How do you sell/sign contracts?
i. By area
ii. By volume of the harvest
iii. Other
8. Who does the following activities:
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Trimming |
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Stacking |
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Transporting |
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9. What is the selling price per unit? Rs. ......
10. Who deals with trade? Contractor/dealer/owner
11. Do you arrange delivery? Yes/No. If yes % share of harvest:.....
12. Do you give to a dealer? Yes/No. If yes % share of harvest: .....
13. Do you give to a transporter? Yes/No. If yes % share of harvest (write a description of operational mechanism, gender involvement and pricing)
1. Name: ............................. Location: ......................... Date of visit:....................
2. Who owns the conveyance? Lorry/tractor/bullock-cart/hand-cart
3. What is the arrangement between you and owner? ...........................
4. What type of wood do you transport? billet/split-wood/other
5. From whom do you buy? ................. How often: ............
6. How much do you pay for a unit? ............
7. Who are your customers?
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8. What is your expenditure per (day/load/unit)?.......
9. What is your profit margin? ..............
10. What are the problems that you experience?
i. In getting stocks
ii. In delivering
iii. Other (competition etc.)
11. What are the other sources of your income? ...........
12. What are the incomes sources of your family members?.........
13. Can you make a living out of the business? ............
14. Are you happy about your profit margin? ...............
15. Who decide the price? .............
16. What type of fuelwood can you sell easily? ...........................
1. Prof. Anoja Wickramasinghe - Research Co-ordinator and Principal Investigator.
TASKS
Identify field area, prepare research plan, identify field team, plan field work, make participatory recordings and construct activity profiles of men and women, train the team, lead reconnaissance and rapid appraisal, meet key informants and groups, visit wood depots, conduct on-site discussions, develop research tools and techniques, visit supply sources and depots, produce formats to tabulate data and information, conduct weekly meetings, consolidate field observations and prepare report.
2. Field Research Team -
1. Mr. P.B.S. Dissanayake
2. Ms. Rekha Niyanthi
3. Mr. Tilak Bandara
4. Mr. A.G.S.S. Nandana
5. Mr. Keerthi Rajapaksa
A. Group Tasks - (including Research Co-ordinator)
i. The first 4 members were involved in preparatory work;
ii. Household survey (whole team);
iii. Field observations of the on-site activities;
iv. Conduct meetings with key informants and groups with or without the coordinator;
v. Data tabulation by 3 members (2,3 and 4)
B. Special Tasks -
1. Mr. P.B.S. Dissanayakei. Visit all intermediaries involved in trade and investigate trade patterns, pricing, expenditure;
ii. Visit industries and gather information on woodfuel use, cost, delivery systems etc.2. Mr. Keerthi Rajapakse
i. Visit urban woodfuel depots and identify the sources of supply, type of wood that depots process/and sell;ii. Visit saw mills and identify major species sawn at mills and types sold at mills.
C. Team work by the Research Co-ordinator, Mr. Dissanayake and Keerthi Rajapakse -
i. Revisit wood depots and the intermediaries in the delivery system;ii. Reexamine the information consolidated by the co-ordinator on flow mechanism and pricing system.
D. Groups Meetings -
Reiterate findings by the co-ordinator.
E. Specific tasks of the Co-ordinator -
Prepare interim report, summary tables for the report, and draft maps/figures, and write up of the complete report.
