Effects of Farm Diversification on the Livelihoods of Smallholder Farmers:

A Case Study of Zanzibar Smallholders

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR INDIVIDUAL FARMERS

# Questions Answers

Q1

Where are you from?

Q2 What is your gender? Male Female

Q3 What is your age?

16-19 20-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90

Q4

What is your religion?

Muslim Christian Hindu Buddhist Other

Q5

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

Total # in household

Adult 16+ # of Males # of Females Child # of Males # of Females Elderly 80+ # of Males # of Females

Q6 What is your level of education?

Primary Secondary College/Uni. No Education

Q7

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.

Yes No

Type/Duration of training:

Socio-economic characteristics of respondent

Q8

How many people work at your farm?

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

# of people Family Members R Rate of Pay Hired Laborers Rate of Pay

Q9

Do you own any houses, land and or livestock?

If so, please indicate the quantity and value.

Y Yes No

House Quantity Value Land Quantity Value Livestock Quantity Value

Q10

If you dont own your land, who owns it and what arrangements you have to farm on it?

Q11

How much does your livelihood depend on the farming?

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

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

Other sources of income:

Time spent in non-farm income activities:

Q12 Do your children attend school/college?

Yes No

Q13

Who pays for your childrens education and how?

Q14

Is any member of your family sick and need long-term medical attention?

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?

Crop Types: % for Household % for Selling

Q19 Do you use any farm machinery, if so, what type?

Yes No

If yes, what type:

Type of livestock raised by respondent

Q20 Do you keep livestock?

Yes No

Q21 What type of livestock do you raise? (Includes Sheep, Goat, Cattle, Poultry)

Sheep Goat Cattle Poultry

Q22

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

Sheep % household % selling Goat % household % selling Cattle % household % selling Poultry % household % selling

Common Questions

Q23

If you are engaged in non-farm income generating activities, what motivates you to do so?

Q24

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

Yes No If yes please describe:

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.

Yes No Please explain:

Q30 Overall, what is your opinion on farm diversification?