Effects of Farm Diversification on the Livelihoods of Smallholder Farmers:

A Case Study of Zanzibar Smallholders

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR INDIVIDUAL FARMERS
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Questions

Q1

Where are you from?

Q2

What is your gender?

Answers

Male
16-19

Q3

What is your age?

Q4

What is your
religion?

Q5

Q6

Q7

Muslim

How many people

are there in your
household? Please
give a breakdown by
gender and age
(whether adult, child
or elderly).

What is your level of

education?
Have you received
any type of training
on growing crop
varieties and or
raising livestock?
If yes, please specify
what type of training
and for how long.

20-30

Female
31-40

41-50

Christian

51-60

61-70

Hindu

71-80

81-90

Buddhist

Total # in household
Adult 16+

# of Males

# of Females

Child

# of Males

# of Females

Elderly 80+

# of Males

# of Females

Primary

Secondary

Yes

No

Type/Duration of training:

College/Uni.

No Education

Other

Socio-economic characteristics of respondent

How many people work at
your farm?

Q8

If any, specify if they are

family members or hired
labor. If hired labor, please
specify how much they are
paid.

Do you own any houses,

land and or livestock?
Q9

Q10

If so, please indicate the

quantity and value.

Or, do you have any other

sources of income? If you
have other sources of
Income, please specify what
they are and when do you
engage in your non-farm
income activities

Q12

Do your children attend

school/college?

Q13

Who pays for your childrens

education and how?

Q14

Family Members

R Rate of Pay

Hired Laborers

Rate of Pay

Yes

No

House

Quantity

Value

Land

Quantity

Value

Livestock

Quantity

Value

If you dont own your land,

who owns it and what
arrangements you have to
farm on it?
How much does your
livelihood depend on the
farming?

Q11

# of people

Is any member of your

family sick and need longterm medical attention?

% of household income generated from your farm (1-100)

Other sources of income:

Time spent in non-farm income activities:

Yes

No

Yes

No

Q15

If you grow crops, raise

livestock and or engaged in
non-farm income activities,
what is the percentage
generated from each source
of income?

% Crops

% Livestock

% Non-farm

Type of crops grown by respondent

Q16

What type of crops do you

grow?

Q17

Why did you make this

selection of crops?

Q18

Which and how much of

these crops are used for
household consumption,
and selling?

Q19

Do you use any farm

machinery, if so, what type?

% for Household

Crop Types:

Yes

% for Selling

No

If yes, what type:

Type of livestock raised by respondent

Q20

Do you keep livestock?

Q21

What type of livestock do

you raise? (Includes Sheep,
Goat, Cattle, Poultry)

Q22

Which and what percentage

of these livestock is used for
household consumption,
and selling?

Yes
Sheep

No
Goat

Cattle

Sheep

% household

% selling

Goat

% household

% selling

Cattle

% household

% selling

Poultry

% household

% selling

Common Questions

Q23

If you are engaged in nonfarm income generating

activities, what motivates
you to do so?

Poultry

Yes

Q24

Did you receive any type of

support from private or
government agencies, if so,
what type of support and by
whom?

Q25

What type of challenges

have you faced since you
began to practice farm
diversification?

Q26

What have you learned from

it and what would you
improve on your own farm,
if you were able to?

Q27

Have farm diversifications

improved the livelihood of
farmers in your community,
if so, how?

Q28

Have there been situations

when you encountered
shortage or surplus from
your harvest, if so, what did
you do?

Q29

Would you recommend

farm diversification to other
farmers? Please explain if
yes or no.

Q30

Overall, what is your opinion

on farm diversification?

No

If yes please describe:

Yes
Please explain:

No