A Low-Cost Approach To Understanding Small Farmers

Publication year: 
1981

This article on the use of surveys in studies of small scale farmers includes an extensive pre-survey checklist of questions and issues to be explored in interviews with farmers. The questions cover the following areas: description of the local farming system, identification of resource constraints, farmers' assessments of hazards and farmers' opinions on components of currently recommended maize technology.

Interest groups: 
This checklist may be of interest to those involved in farming systems research.
Source publication information
Journal Title: 
Agricultural Administration
Volume: 
Vol.8 no.6
Pages: 
433-450
Publisher
Available at IDS for reference

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Shelfmark in IDS Resource Centre
A : Participatory Approaches : RRA and early days of PRA 1333
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