| 3D27 ( ) | What organic fertilizers other than those used in the ponds were available to you, and when? | ||
| Type | Period | ||
| 3D28 ( ) | If feeds were used, what were they? (Tick all that apply) | Household leftovers [ ] |
| Maize bran [ ] | ||
Leaves or other vegetative matter [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 3D29 ( ) | How often was any of this feed applied? (Tick the appropriate box) | ||||
| Pond 1 | Pond 2 | Pond 3 | Total | ||
| Daily | |||||
| More than once per week | |||||
| Once per week | |||||
| Once every two weeks | |||||
| Once per month | |||||
| Other: | |||||
| 3D30 ( ) | What quantities of feed were applied each time? | ||||
| Household leftovers | |||||
| Maize bran | |||||
| Leaves/vegetative matter | |||||
| Other: | |||||
| 3D31 ( ) | During which months of the year was there no feed available? | ||||
| Household leftovers | |||||
| Maize bran | |||||
| Leaves/vegetative matter | |||||
| Other: | |||||
| 3D32 ( ) | What types of feeds other than those used in the ponds were available to you, and when? | ||
| Type | Period | ||
In the following section, the interviewer will compare the estimated production with the standard for the reported technology and evaluate the reasons for any below standard production performance.
| Pond 1 | Pond 2 | Pond 3 | Total | ||
| Pond area in ARES (from 3D3) | |||||
| 3D33 | Estimated production during last 3 months in KG | ||||
| 3D34 | Estimated factual productivity during last 3 months in KG/ARE | ||||
| 3D35 | Estimated factual productivity in KG/ARE/YEAR | ||||
| 3D36 | Calculated normal productivity for culture system KG/ARE/YEAR | ||||
| 3D37 | Is the estimated factual productivity below the norm for the culture system? (Y/N) |
| 3D38 | Who gave you the production figures you asked for and reported in this questionnnaire? |
Respondent only [ ]
Respondent had to refer to government staff for some figures [ ]
Respondent did not know figures, which were all given by gov't staff [ ]
If the answer to 3D38 is Yes, the interviewer will answer questions 3D39 to 3D44 based on observations of the fish farming practices of the respondent; otherwise skip to 3D45:
| 3D39 | Is the respondent familiar with the standard procedures (rates of feed and fertilizer application, predator control, pond maintenance, etc.) for the culture system practiced? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] | ||
| 3D40 | If the respondent is unfamiliar with the standard procedures, in your opinion does this unfamiliarity explain his low fish yields? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] | ||
| 3D41 | If the respondent is familiar with the standard procedures, did he actually apply the procedures in his culture system? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] | ||
| 3D42 | If the respondent did actually apply the standard procedures, are there any reasons which you can observe or which the respondent gives for not attaining normal productivity? | |
| 3D43 | Can the respondent obtain inputs from the sources of supply which he prefers? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] | ||
| 3D44 | Can the respondent sell fish to the customers of his choice? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] | ||
The interviewer will ask the following questions of the respondent and record the answers by ticking the appropriate boxes:
| 3D45 ( ) | Are you building more fish ponds at this time? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] | ||
| 3D46 ( ) | Do you intend to build more fish ponds in the future? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] | ||
If the answer to questions 3D45 or 3D46 is Yes, continue with the following questions; otherwise skip to question 3D52:
| 3D47 ( ) | Do you now have the land and water needed to expand? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] |
If the answer to 3D47 is NO, ask questions 3D48 and 3D49, otherwise skip to question 3D50:
| 3D48 ( ) | How do you intend to get access to land for your new ponds? | Title deed [ ] |
| Long-term lease from government [ ] | ||
Customary law [ ]
Lease from individual or company [ ]
Squatting [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 3D49 ( ) | How do you intend to get access to water for your new ponds? | |
| Apply for water rights [ ] | ||
Connect to existing source (including water table) [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 3D50 ( ) | What species of fish do you intend to culture in your new ponds? (Tick all that apply) | |
| Tilapia [ ] | ||
Catfish [ ]
Carp [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 3D51 ( ) | What culture systems do you intend to use in your new ponds? (Tick all that apply) | |
| No fertilizer or feed [ ] | ||
Organic and/or inorganic fertilizer [ ]
Feed [ ]
Association with pigs [ ]
Association with poultry [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 3D52 ( ) | Do you know of one or more individuals or groups who have access to the land and water needed to start a fish culture unit? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] |
| 3D53 ( ) | If the answer to question 3D52 is YES: Give the name, village (or other reference point), and potential water source: | ||
| Name | Village | Water Source | |
| 3D54 ( ) | Do you know of one or more individuals or groups who used to practice fish culture but have now stopped? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] | ||
| 3D55 ( ) | If the answer to question 3D54 is YES: Give the name and village (or other reference point): | |
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| (From Part 1) | Farm Unit No. |
The interviewer will ask the following questions of the respondent and record the answers by ticking the appropriate boxes or writing the response:
| 4.1 ( ) | What is your main reason for continuing to practice fish culture? (Tick all that apply) |
| Produce fish mainly to trade [ ] | |
Produce fish both to eat and to trade [ ]
To obtain status [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 4.2 ( ) | In which year did you stock your fish ponds for the first time? | |
| 4.3 ( ) | Have you continuously practiced fish culture ever since you started? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] | ||
| 4.4 ( ) | If the answer to 4.3 is NO: Why have you not continuously practiced fish culture? (Tick all that apply) |
| Shortage of water for ponds [ ] | |
Shortage of fingerling to stock ponds [ ]
Shortage of fertilizer for ponds [ ]
Shortage of feed for ponds [ ]
Fish culture inputs too costly [ ]
Not possible to trade fish at profitable price [ ]
Other: [ ]
Questions 4.5 to 4.7 only to be asked of those farmers who follow a CONTINUOUS HARVESTING strategy, as indicated in question 3.17.
| 4.5 ( ) | (CONTINUING ONLY) Do you generally obtain the number of fish you want when you fish in your ponds? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] |
| 4.6 ( ) | (CONTINUING ONLY) If the answer to 4.5 is NO: What is the reason you cannot be confident of the harvest quantity? (Tick all that apply) |
| Predation by animals [ ] | |
Poaching by humans [ ]
Unexpected drying or flooding of pond(s) [ ]
Not known [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 4.7 ( ) | (CONTINUING ONLY) Who usually fishes in the pond? |
| Head of household alone [ ] | |
Head of household together with other household members [ ]
Other household member [ ]
Other: [ ]
Questions 4.8 to 4.9 only to be asked of those farmers who follow a BATCH HARVESTING strategy, as indicated in question 3.17.
| 4.8 ( ) | (BATCH ONLY) At the time of harvest do you normally get the quantity of fish that you expected to obtain when you stocked the pond with fish? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] |
| 4.9 ( ) | (BATCH ONLY) If the answer to 4.8 is NO: What is the reason you cannot be confident of the harvest quantity? (Tick all that apply) |
| Predation by animals [ ] | |
Poaching by humans [ ]
Unexpected drying or flooding of pond(s) [ ]
Not known [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 4.10 ( ) | Do you have exclusive control over the water supply for you pond(s)? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] |
| 4.11 ( ) | If the answer to 4.10 is NO: What arrangements have you made to ensure that water is available to your ponds? |
| Obtained rights through customary law [ ] | |
Obtained rights from individual or corporate owner [ ]
Obtained rights from government [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 4.12 ( ) | What is the duration of the present agreement ensuring availability of water? | |
| 4.13 ( ) | How do you control the land presently occupied by the ponds? | Title deed [ ] |
| Long-term lease from government [ ] | ||
Customary law [ ]
Leased from individual or company [ ]
Squatting [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 4.14 ( ) | If the answer to 4.13 is LEASE, What is the duration of the lease? | ||||
| 4.15 ( ) | What is the source of the following inputs to your fish ponds: (Tick all that apply) | ||||
| Fingerling: | Own [ ]; | Government [ ]; | Other Aquaculturist [ ]; | Other (specify) [ ] | |
| Organic Fertilizer | Own [ ]; | Government [ ]; | Other Aquaculturist [ ]; | Other (specify) [ ] | |
| Feed: | Own [ ]; | Government [ ]; | Other Aquaculturist [ ]; | Other (specify) [ ] | |
| Associated animals | Own [ ]; | Government [ ]; | Other Aquaculturist [ ]; | Other (specify) [ ] | |
| Labour for operations | Own [ ]; | Government [ ]; | Household Members [ ]; | Other (specify) [ ] | |
| 4.16 ( ) | What are your rights to dispose of the fish produced in your fish ponds? |
| All fish at my (economic unit) disposal [ ] | |
| First remove fish traditionally assigned to individuals outside economic unit, then remainder at my (economic unit) disposal [ ] | |
| Other: [ ] | |
| 4.17 ( ) | Do your neighbors and/or others come to your ponds at harvest time to purchase fish for their own use? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] | ||
| 4.18 ( ) | If the answer to 4.17 is NO: Why do your neighbors and/or others not come to your pond? |
| They do not eat fish [ ] | |
| They are not aware of the harvest [ ] | |
| They cannot pay the price I ask and/or get for the fish [ ] | |
| I do not know the reason [ ] | |
| Other: [ ] | |
| 4.19 ( ) | Do you ever sell the fish produced to traders who then resell the fish? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] | ||
| 4.20 ( ) | If the answer to 4.19 is NO: Why do you not sell your fish to traders? |
| I do not want to [ ] | |
I want to but don't know any such traders [ ]
I want to but the traders do not (will not) come to my ponds [ ]
I want to, but I would have to bring the fish to traders and [ ] am unable to do so or do not see any advantage in doing so
I want to but I don't have enough fish remaining after my own use [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 4.21 ( ) | If the answer to 4.17 and/or 4.19 is YES: How much of the fish produced do you hold back for your own use? |
| >=Half [ ]; Between one half and one quarter [ ]; <Quarter [ ] | |
A specific quantity (specify: ) [ ]
None [ ]
| 4.22 ( ) | Which of the inputs that you use in your fish ponds and culture system could you sell if you did not use them in the fish ponds? |
Land [ ]; Fert. [ ]; Labour [ ]; Fingerling [ ] |
| 4.23 ( ) | Which of the inputs that you use in your fish ponds and culture system could you use for growing crops, or raising livestock, for home consumption? |
Land [ ]; Water [ ]; Fert. [ ]; Feed [ ]; Labour [ ] | |
| 4.24 ( ) | Which of the inputs that you use in your fish ponds and culture system could you use for growing crops, or raising livestock, which you could then sell? |
Land [ ]; Water [ ]; Fert. [ ]; Feed [ ]; Labour [ ] | |
| 4.25 ( ) | Which of the inputs that you use in your fish ponds and culture system have no alternative uses? |
Land [ ]; Water [ ]; Fert. [ ]; Labour [ ]; Fingerling [ ] | |
| 4.26 ( ) | Do you and/or members of your economic unit eat fish? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] | ||
| 4.27 ( ) | If the answer to 4.26 is YES: What proportion of the fish consumed come from your fish ponds? |
| All fish eaten are cultured fish [ ] | |
More than half fish eaten are cultured fish [ ]
Between one half and one quarter fish eaten are cultured fish [ ]
Less than one quarter fish eaten are cultured fish [ ]
None of the fish eaten are cultured fish [ ]
| 4.28 ( ) | If you and other members of your economic unit obtain fish from other sources than your fish ponds, how do you obtain these fish? |
| Purchase [ ] | |
Barter [ ]
Fishing [ ]
Gift [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 4.29 ( ) | Of all the inputs you and your economic unit OWN and/or PRODUCE, what is the share being used in your fish ponds: | |
| Land: | All [ ]; >=Half [ ]; <Half [ ]; <Quarter [ ]; None [ ] | |
| Water: | All [ ]; >=Half [ ]; <Half [ ]; <Quarter [ ]; None [ ] | |
| Organic Fertilizer: | All [ ]; >=Half [ ]; <Half [ ]; <Quarter [ ]; None [ ] | |
| Feed: | All [ ]; >=Half [ ]; <Half [ ]; <Quarter [ ]; None [ ] | |
| Labour: | All [ ]; >=Half [ ]; <Half [ ]; <Quarter [ ]; None [ ] | |
| 4.30 ( ) | Of all the inputs you and your economic unit PURCHASE, RENT, or HIRE, what is the share being used in your fish ponds: | |
| Land: | All [ ]; >=Half [ ]; <Half [ ]; <Quarter [ ]; None [ ] | |
| Water: | All [ ]; >=Half [ ]; <Half [ ]; <Quarter [ ]; None [ ] | |
| Organic Fertilizer: | All [ ]; >=Half [ ]; <Half [ ]; <Quarter [ ]; None [ ] | |
| Feed: | All [ ]; >=Half [ ]; <Half [ ]; <Quarter [ ]; None [ ] | |
| Labour: | All [ ]; >=Half [ ]; <Half [ ]; <Quarter [ ]; None [ ] | |
| Fingerling: | All [ ]; >=Half [ ]; <Half [ ]; <Quarter [ ]; None [ ] | |
| 4.31 ( ) | How many different types of crops and livestock do you normally produce and sell in the course of one calendar year? |
| 4.32 ( ) | What other sources of cash income do you and other members of your economic unit have? (Tick all that apply) | Salaries [ ] |
| Pension(s) [ ] | ||
Rents and/or Leases [ ]
Hunting and/or Fishing [ ]
Sale of handicrafts [ ]
None [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 4.33 ( ) | What share of your economic unit's overall cash income is derived from the sale of fish produced by your fish ponds? |
| More than half [ ] | |
Between one half and one quarter [ ]
Less than one quarter but more than one tenth [ ]
One tenth or less [ ]
None [ ]
| 4.34 ( ) | What types of modifications are you making or will you make to your fish ponds during the present culture period? (Tick all that apply) |
| None [ ] | |
Building more ponds [ ]
Reducing use of ponds [ ]
Not using the ponds for fish culture [ ]
Changing the fish culture technology used [ ]
Replacing the fish species being cultured [ ]
Adding fish species (to make polyculture) [ ]
Changing the way I dispose of fish produced [ ]
Changing source of inputs I purchase, rent, or hire [ ]
Other: [ ]
If any modifications are checked in 4.34, interviewer will ask questions 4.35 to 4.39; otherwise skip to question 4.40.
| 4.35 ( ) | How will your modifications affect your overall well being? | Will improve [ ] |
| Will remain unchanged [ ] | ||
Will decline [ ]
| 4.36 ( ) | How will your modifications affect your efforts in other activities? | Will increase [ ] |
| Will remain unchanged [ ] | ||
Will decline [ ]
| 4.37 ( ) | If your efforts in other activities WILL DECLINE, which will you reduce? | Crop production [ ] |
| Livestock raising [ ] | ||
Vegetable gardening [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 4.38 ( ) | What results of the fish farming activity will change as a result of your modifications to cause the effects described above? |
| More fish produced in culture period [ ] | |
Larger difference between “income” and “costs” per kg fish produced [ ]
Reduced uncertainty [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 4.39 ( ) | What do you expect the consequences of these modifications will be for your household's: | |||
| FOOD AVAILABILITY: | Improved [ ]; | Worsened [ ]; | Unchanged [ ] | |
| WORKLOAD: | Increased [ ]; | Decreased [ ]; | Unchanged [ ] | |
| CASH AVAILABILITY: | Improved [ ]; | Worsened [ ]; | Unchanged [ ] | |
| RELATIONS WITH OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS: | Improved [ ]; | Worsened [ ]; | Unchanged [ ] | |
| 4.40 ( ) | Have you had or do you feel you have any problems with your fish ponds? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] |
| 4.41 ( ) | Who has given you useful assistance to start up your fish ponds and/or solve any of your problems with them? (Tick all that apply) |
| Other fish culturists [ ] | |
Department of Fisheries [ ]
Other government departments/representatives [ ]
Non-governmental organizations [ ]
Nobody [ ]
Others: [ ]
| 4.42 ( ) | Could you have asked anyone else? (Tick all that apply) | Other fish culturists [ ] |
| Department of Fisheries [ ] | ||
Other government departments/representatives [ ]
Non-governmental organizations [ ]
Nobody [ ]
Others: [ ]
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| (From Part 1) | Farm Unit No. |
The interviewer will ask the following questions of the respondent and record the answers by ticking the appropriate boxes or writing the response:
| 5.1 ( ) | From whom or where did you get the initial idea to start up your fish culture unit? |
| Other fish culturists [ ] | |
Village elders or other community leaders [ ]
Department of Fisheries [ ]
Other government representatives/staff [ ]
Description in newspaper, book, magazine, or on radio/TV [ ]
Others: [ ]
| 5.2 ( ) | At the time you made the decision to start practicing fish culture, what did you expect to gain from your fish ponds? (Tick all that apply) |
| Fish to eat by members of economic unit [ ] | |
Fish to trade [ ]
To obtain status [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 5.3 ( ) | Did you consider the practice of fish culture more risky than that of your major agricultural crop? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] |
| 5.4 ( ) | At the time you took the decision to start practicing fish culture, did you do so on behalf of: |
| Yourself only [ ] | |
Your household (No. members = ) [ ]
An informal group (No. members = ) [ ]
A formal group (coorperative or corporation) [ ]
A school (No. students = ) [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 5.5 ( ) | By what means did you build or acquire your fish ponds? |
| Government built it for me [ ] | |
I built it myself [ ]
I built it together with members of my economic unit [ ]
I built it together with contracted labour [ ]
Contracted (at my expense) somebody to build it for me [ ]
Purchased it already made [ ]
Leased (Period = ) [ ]
Inherited [ ]
Received as gift [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 5.6 ( ) | Could you have constructed the ponds closer to where you and your household live? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] | ||
| 5.7 ( ) | If YES, why didn't you build the ponds closer to where you and your household live? | Too costly [ ] |
| Water supply more risky [ ] | ||
Increased risk of predation [ ]
Increased risk of poaching [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 5.8 ( ) | How many ponds had you constructed by the time you harvested your first fish? | |
| Earthen ponds (No. = ; | Total area sqm = ) [ ] | |
| Other: [ ] | ||
| 5.9 ( ) | Where did you get the resources used to build these ponds? (Tick all that apply) |
| Own resources only (savings, current income, labour) [ ] | |
Own resources supplemented from other sources [ ]
If the answer to question 5.9 is OWN RESOURCES ONLY, go to question 5.17.
| 5.10 ( ) | If you supplemented your own resources to build your initial fish ponds, where did these supplemental resources come from? (Tick all that apply) |
| Borrowed resources from friends [ ] | |
Borrowed resources from local money-lenders [ ]
Borrowed resources from credit institutions [ ]
Borrowed resources from (specify): [ ]
Gifts from friends [ ]
Gifts from government [ ]
Gifts from non-governmental organizations [ ]
Gifts from (specify): [ ]
If in 5.10 the respondent indicates he BORROWED RESOURCES, continue with question 5.11; otherwise go to question 5.17.
| 5.11 ( ) | What form did the borrowed resources have? |
| Cash in advance of expenditure [ ] | |
Payment of certified invoices [ ]
In-kind resources (equipment, inputs) [ ]
Labour [ ]
Other: [ ]
If the borrowed resources indicated in question 5.11 were IN KIND, skip to question 5.16.
| 5.12 ( ) | If the loan had the form of a certain amount of Kwachas, what was that amount? | |
| 5.13 ( ) | If the loan took the form of contributed labour, how many man-days were contributed? | |
| 5.14 ( ) | Did you use all of the loan for the fish ponds? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] | ||
| 5.15 ( ) | What proportion of the total value of your initial fish ponds did this loan represent? |
| More than half the value of the fish ponds [ ] | |
Between one half and one quarter of the value of the fish ponds [ ]
Less than one quarter of the value of the fish ponds [ ]
| 5.16 ( ) | What was the nature of the repayment of this credit? | Cash [ ] |
| Fish [ ] | ||
Return of borrowed equipment [ ]
In-kind resources (other than fish) [ ]
Labour [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 5.17 ( ) | When you were making your decision to build fish ponds, were you aware of any person outside your economic unit who might have disapproved of this decision? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] |
If the answer to 5.17 is YES, ask questions 5.18 and 5.19; otherwise go to question 5.20.
| 5.18 ( ) | For what reason might this person or persons have disapproved of your decision to raise fish in ponds? (Tick all that apply) |
| Reduced this person's possibility to trade or sell fish [ ] | |
Reduced this person's possibility to obtain inputs for his activities [ ]
This person considered fish culture below the status of my community [ ]
Would increase my status relative to this person [ ]
Would detract from status of neighbors [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 5.19 ( ) | Did you consider this disapproval important? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] |
| 5.20 ( ) | Did you feel you needed someone's outright blessing or approval before you could start up fish culture? |
| Yes (Who? ) [ ] | |
No [ ]
| 5.21 ( ) | Did you need any approvals from government to construct your fish ponds? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] | ||
| 5.22 ( ) | If so, which part of government? (Tick all that apply) | Department of Fisheries [ ] |
| Local government administration [ ] | ||
UNIP [ ]
Other government department (specify): [ ]
| 5.23 ( ) | When you were making your decision to start raising fish in ponds, did you feel you had the knowledge needed? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] |
| 5.24 ( ) | If the answer to 5.23 is YES: How had you obtained this knowledge? (Tick all that apply) |
| By having worked on a similar unit owned by an individual/group [ ] | |
By having worked on a similar unit on a government fish farm [ ]
By having participated in a fish culture training course [ ]
By having observed a private fish culturist [ ]
By having read appropriate documents [ ]
By having visited, observed and/or discussed at a government fish farm [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 5.25 | If the answer to 5.23 is NO: How did you intend to make certain that your unit would be properly managed? (Tick all that apply) |
Employing skilled individual (s) to run the unit [ ]
Assigning a household member to run the unit [ ]
Managing the unit personally (with or without employment of skilled assistants) and obtaining the necessary knowledge by:
Working and/or observing another private fish culturist [ ]
Working on a government fish farm [ ]
Participating in a fish culture training course [ ]
Reading appropriate documents [ ]
Visiting and observing government fish farms [ ]
Asking Department of Fisheries staff to visit my home/site [ ]
Other: [ ]
If the respondent did not intend to attend a training course, skip to question 5.28.
| 5.26 ( ) | If you intended to attend a fish culture training course, did you do so? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] |
| 5.27 ( ) | If you did not attend a fish culture training course, why not? |
| Planned course was cancelled [ ] | |
I was not accepted [ ]
I chose not to participate [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 5.28 ( ) | During construction of the ponds and prior to the first major harvest, did you ask the Department of Fisheries for technical advice? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] |
| 5.29 ( ) | During construction of the ponds and prior to the first major harvest, could you have asked anyone else for assistance to solve problems or to advise you? (Tick all that apply) |
| Other fish culturists [ ] | |
Other government departments/representatives [ ]
Non-governmental organizations [ ]
Nobody [ ]
Others: [ ]
| 5.30 ( ) | What was the intended source of water for your fish ponds? |
| Spring [ ] |
Seepage from water table [ ]
River or stream [ ]
Supply canal from reservoir [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 5.31 ( ) | At the time you first considered building your fish ponds, did you have exclusive control over the proposed water supply for the ponds? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] |
| 5.32 ( ) | If the answer to 5.31 is NO: from whom did you obtain rights to the water needed for the ponds? |
| Obtained rights through customary law [ ] | |
Obtained rights from individual or corporate owner [ ]
Obtained rights from government [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 5.33 ( ) | What was the duration of the agreement ensuring availability of water? |
| 5.34 ( ) | At the time you first considered building fish ponds, did you have control over the land where you thought you might build the ponds? | Yes [ ] |
| No [ ] | ||
| 5.35 ( ) | If not, how did you obtain the rights to the land where you built the ponds? |
| Title deed [ ] | |
Long-term lease from government [ ]
Customary law [ ]
Leased from individual or company [ ]
Squatting [ ]
Other: [ ]
| 5.36 ( ) | If the answer to 5.35 is LEASE, What was the duration of the lease? |
| 5.37 ( ) | From where did you intend to get the following inputs to your fish ponds: (Tick all that apply) |
| Fingerling: | Own [ ]; | Government [ ]; | Other Aquaculturist [ ]; | Other (specify) [ ] | |
| Organic Fertilizer | Own [ ]; | Government [ ]; | Other Aquaculturist [ ]; | Other (specify) [ ] | |
| Feed: | Own [ ]; | Government [ ]; | Other Aquaculturist [ ]; | Other (specify) [ ] | |
| Associated animals | Own [ ]; | Government [ ]; | Other Aquaculturist [ ]; | Other (specify) [ ] | |
| Labour for construction | Own [ ]; | Government [ ]; | Household Members [ ]; | Other (specify) [ ] | |
| Labour for operations | Own [ ]; | Government [ ]; | Household Members [ ]; | Other (specify) [ ] | |
| Labour for harvesting | Own [ ]; | Government [ ]; | Household Members [ ]; | Other (specify) [ ] | |
