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Annex 6 183Annex 6: Guiding questions for interviews, observations andtranssect walks during the target area analysis 1• Introducing questions about water situation, agriculture (cultivated crops, soils), social groups,settlement patterns, main occupations etc.Water situation• Which different water sources are available in the village/on the fields?• What is the importance of different sources?• Which are the preferred sources and state reasons for preference?• How is the quality of water from different sources?• Is there a variation of water availability throughout the year? (Further explanation)• For which purposes is water used?• Which water source is used for which purpose?• What are the needs and requirements concering this issue?Small/marginal/large farmers• Cultivated crops;kharif/rabi;cash crops/food crops• Crop rotations• Marketing possibilities of agricultural products• Working seasons; migration; importance of agricultural production; other sources of income• Water requirements of different crops• Rainfall this year and in the last years• Organisation of water management; rainfed; crops; irrigation; distribution of irrigation waterbetween different crops; technology of irrigation; where does irrigation water come from;traditional water harvesting methods• Erosion problems (wind/water); what are you doing against soil erosion and erosion in general;indicators for soil erosion• Salinity of soils and irrigation water• Yields of the last years; fertilisers• Wasteland management; private/common land; land ownership• Access to information, public properties and resources• What do you think you would need to improve your situation?Animal husbandry/nomads• Which kind of animals are kept; number in the last years; on which factors does the amount ofanimals kept depend?1 Many of the questions listed in this Annex were not used as direct questions for the persons interviewed butwere used as mnemonic aid for the researchers concerning the information that had to be collected during theinterviews and observations.