Annex 6

AKIS Study - Eritrea
Questionnaire for individual interviews with farmers

Name of farmer interviewed:

Socio-economic category?
(to be added later)

Date and place of interview:

Name of interviewer:

Information about the interviewee:

1. Male or female? (M or F)



2. Head of household? (Y or N)



3. Farming system:
   pastoralist ___
   rainfed farming ___
   horticulture ___

Questions:

1. What is your household's main source of:
   

   food?	farm ____	market/buying ____	other ____
   income?	farm ____	employment ____	other ____

2. What are your household's main farming enterprises?
   

   cereal crops: (list)	____________
   horticulture crops: (list)	____________
   animals: (list)	____________
   other, including firewood: (list)	____________

3. What are your main sources of advice and information on farming?
   
   
   
4. If you wanted the following types of information, where would you get the information from? (give up to three sources for each type of information)
   

   (a) information on a new crop variety	__________
   (b) advice on solving a crop disease or pest problem	__________
   (c) advice to solve an animal disease problem	__________
   (d) advice on how to improve soil fertility	__________
   (e) information on market prices of agricultural products	__________
   f) advice on how to get credit	__________

5. Here is a list of possible sources of information. For each one:
   1. do you ever get information about farming from the source?
      (If not, ask "why not" and write answer in the "comment" column)
      
      If "yes":
      
      
   2. how frequently do you get information from the source? (1=once per week; 2=once per month; 3=once per year; 4=less than once per year)
   
   
   
   3. how easy or difficult is it for you to get access to, or contact, the source? (1=very easy; 2=moderately easy; 3=difficult)
   
   
   
   4. how reliable and useful is the farming information or advice you get from the source? (1=very reliable; 2=moderately reliable; 3=not reliable)
   
   
   (NB - if interviewee gives any specific examples, or explanation of their answers, write these in the "comments" column)
   
6. Do you need any particular kinds of information, advice or training to help you maintain or improve your farm?
   (Yes or No): ____
   
   If "yes": (a) what information, advice or training do you need?
   
   
   (b) have you tried to get this information, advice or training? (Yes/No): ___
   
   
   If "yes": what happened when you tried to get the information, advice or training?
   
   
   If "no": why have you not tried to get it?
   
   
   

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