Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture
Food Outlook Readership Survey

HELP US TO HELP YOU

1. How regularly do you read Food Outlook?
        regularly (5 times per year)         occasionally         not familiar with this report

2. Which version of the report do you receive? (tick one or more boxes)
        Internet                    e-mail                    hard-copy

3. Which version do you prefer or find most useful?
        Internet                    e-mail                   hard-copy

4. If you receive the hard-copy, how do you receive it? (tick one or more boxes)
        directly from FAO Secretariat FAO representative
        from ministry or government office on request
        by participating in an FAO meeting
        other (please specify)

5. When do you usually receive the report?
        within the month of publication         about one month after publication date         over one month later

6. For what main purpose do you turn to the report?
        policy formulation early warning and emergency planning
        analysis and research education and training
        management general information
        other (please specify)

7. How would you rate the usefulness of the report to your work?
        very useful         useful         marginally useful         not at all useful

8. How would you rate the quality of the report as regards the following aspects?
       
excellent    good     satisfactory    poor
          timeliness of information                   
          quality of data/analysis                   
          comprehensiveness of coverage               
          presentation and readability               

9. Which section of the report do you use most?
        Cereals, Supply/Demand Roundup
        cereals, full analysis
        other commodities
        statistics tables
        other (please specify)

10. Which of the sections listed in (9) would you like to see enlarged?
        all              a              b              c              d              e              none

11. Which of the sections listed in (9) would you like to see reduced?
        all              a              b              c              d              e              none

12. Food Outlook is currently published 5 times a year. Please indicate which of the options below you would prefer:
        no change in publishing frequency
        publish less frequently (please specify number of issues/year)   
        publish more frequently (please specify number of issues/year)

13. Please give us any specific suggestions for improving:
       timeliness
       coverage
       presentation
       other

Please provide the following information about yourself. This information is strictly confidential and will be used only for the purposes of the survey conducted by the Global Information and Early Warning System at FAO to help evaluate readers' profiles.

Name: Country:
Occupation/Functional Title/Institution:
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Many thanks for your kind cooperation.


 
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