Appendix 1
CHECKLIST VARIABLES SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCING THE RATE OF ADOPTION OF FISH FARMING

1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION

2. RESOURCES

   • sites for fish ponds
     • ongoing activities
     • access to land and water
   • labour availability
     • subsistence and income earning activities
     • socio-cultural activities
     • timing of these activities
   • capital
     • income earning possibilities

   • availability inputs compost and/or fish feed

3. SOCIAL SYSTEMS

   • kinship systems
     • inheritance land (via male or female line)
     • residential patterns
   • type of settlement
     • ethnic composition settlement
   • religion
   • interconnectedness social systems
   • concentration opinion leadership
   • taboos
     • witchcraft around waterbodies and innovators
     • taboos consumption bream and catfish

     • taboos on digging, compacting and handling manure

4. ATTRIBUTES OF FISH FARMING

   • degree of relative advantage
     • economic profitability
     • source of relish
     • risks
   • degree of compatibility
     • felt needs
     • previously introduced ideas

   • observability

5. KNOWLEDGE ON FISH FARMING