<strong>Nahi</strong> Approach Road of Hope RRA <strong>Survey</strong> May 2001Dr. Wangchuk S., (NCD), Mr. Koinchok Wangdi, (DALLS), Mr. G.B. Chheteri(DRDS) (2001) “Wild Boar Management Acti<strong>on</strong> Plan L<strong>on</strong>gOverdue” <str<strong>on</strong>g>Report</str<strong>on</strong>g> of the Task Force, Ministry of Agriculture.“Agricultural Systems” Vol. 55.<str<strong>on</strong>g>No</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2 October 1997; ISSN 0308 521X; SpecialIssue (Editiors J.B.Dent and J.W. J<strong>on</strong>es with Guest EditorJ.Farringt<strong>on</strong>).viii
<strong>Nahi</strong> Approach Road of Hope RRA <strong>Survey</strong> May 20011. Annexure 1.1 Topics for the Rapid AppraisalTopic compulsory for all the Households Farm Labour- House hold members (permanently working <strong>on</strong> the farm)- Labour hiring (source, wage rate, etc.)- Farm activities for which labour is hired- Labour shortage (seas<strong>on</strong>, how they solve it, etc.) Housing- Size of the house (number of rooms, stories, etc.)- Roofing (what materials)- House hold equipments Human Health- Health care (facilities available, medicines, treatments)- Local treatments Household Income- Sources (crops, livestock, forest, others)- RNR c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> to household income (increasing/decreasing) Tradable Goods- Types of goods (identify goods)- Goods going out (types, where, how, quantity)- Goods coming in (types, source, how, quantity) RNR Service- C<strong>on</strong>tacts at present (for what, how frequent, and who visits you or EA)- Quality of service (reliable, readily available or not, what is good/bad?) Farmers Visi<strong>on</strong>s- Expectati<strong>on</strong>s (what they expect with the road)- Ideas ahead (plans for change in farm activities, housing, others, etc.)- Farmers expectati<strong>on</strong> and participati<strong>on</strong> in road maintenance C<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> pattern- Food (type)- Source (Farm, market, neighbours,) Fodder Collecti<strong>on</strong>- Do you collect fodder from the forest?- Which plants are mostly collected/quantity/when?- Which part of the year do you depend too much <strong>on</strong> the fodder resources from the forest? Forest activities- Timber (species available now)- Specie endangered (which, why, how)- What changes do you expect in forest due to roadTopics not compulsory for all the households Land prices- Present prices (dry land, wetland, others) New Settlements- Social background (from, how, when, why, etc.)- Settlement compositi<strong>on</strong> (who all, dialects spoken, relati<strong>on</strong>ships, etc.) As an important access to Thimphu in the past- Route to Thimphu in the past (who uses it, for what, time taken, frequency of use, etc.)- Present use of the Route (who, for what, how frequently)- Difference (past and present)- Farmers outlook (with the motorable road to <strong>Nahi</strong> what could b the use of the old route)ix