Appendix 2
CHECKLIST VARIABLES INFLUENCING INDIVIDUAL'S DECISION ON THE ADOPTION OF FISH FARMING

1. CHARACTERISTICS INDIVIDUALS

   • sex
   • age
   • education
   • size and household composition
   • religious affiliation
   • experience with salaried employment
   • travel outside home area
   • social status
   • political function

   • cash crops

2. AVAILABLE RESOURCES

   • land with water
   • labour
   • capital

   • inputs for composting and/or feeding fish

3. KNOWLEDGE

   • pond construction
   • construction dikes
   • feeding fish
   • fertilizing pond
   • reproduction of fish

   • yield of fish pond

4. UNCERTAINTIES

   • same as for III;

5. PERCEIVED ATTRIBUTES OF FISH FARMING

   • degree of compatibility
     • felt needs
     • socio-cultural values and beliefs

     • previously introduced ideas

   • degree of relative advantage
     • economic profitability
     • source of relish
     • immediacy of reward
     • low initial costs
     • risks

     • status

   • complexibility

     • digging pond
     • construction dikes
     • fertilizing pond

     • feeding fish

   • risks