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ANNEX 2: CHECKLIST FOR THE EXPLORATORY SURVEY IN THE STUDY AREA
1. Cropping patterns and land use
- crops, cropping patterns, crop associations
- occurrence and utilisation of land types
- number, size and location of fields per household
- differences in cropping patterns among fields; reasons
- criteria for choosing / abandoning field
- duration and utilisation of fallow
- products collected from the bush
- obsolete, new crops; reasons
- farmer’s perception of rainfall and consequences for crops
2. Cropping techniques
- time and method of land preparation and planting
- crop varieties and their characteristics
- sources of seeds and planting materials
- soil fertility maintenance; use of organic and inorganic fertilisers, use of household
refuse
- harvesting methods
- use of farm implements
- estimates of yields
- changes in farming practices over the last years
3. Crop disorders
- weeds, time and methods of control
- pests and diseases, estimates of crop losses, control measures
- nutrients deficiencies
4. Post harvest
- storage facilities (household, community)
- storage losses (pests, moulds, rots) and protection methods
- utilisation of crops, proportions marked and consumed
- processing of crops and food by the farm household
- utilisation of crop residues and by-products
5. Livestock
- Livestock systems, species, husbandry, seasonal feeding regime, interaction with the
cropping system
6. Non-farming and off-farm activities
- fishing, hunting,, off-farm activities
7. Socio-economic environment
- access to land and tenure right arrangements
- ownership of crops
- sources and cost of labour, family and hired
- distribution of labour, peaks, slack periods and bottlenecks
- division of labour between sex
- sources and primary uses of cash
- consumption patterns and food preferences; sorts of purchased food
- water and fuel requirements and sources
8. Farmer’s organisation and services
- availability of extension and input delivery systems
- farmer’s access to these
- farmer’s organisations
9. Others
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