Changa, Awadhi 2012

Impacts of land degradation on agriculture production in isimani village of iringa region

Name of the village/street....................................................................................................................................................................................

General Personal information.

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Name of respondent............................................................................................................................................................................
Sex of respondent
a.
Male
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b. Female
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Age of house hold
a.
Below 18
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b. 18-25
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c.
26-35
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d. 36-45
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e. 46-55
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f.
Above 55
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Marital status
a.
Single.
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b. Married.
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c.
Divorced.
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d. Widowed
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e. Other.................................................................................................................................................................................
What is the total number of family members?
a.
1-2
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b. 3-4
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c.
5-6
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d. Above 6
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What is your education level?
a.
Primary education
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b. Secondary education
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c.
University education
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d. Never been school
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e. Other..................................................................................................................................................................................
What is your major economic activity that you are involved in?
a.
business
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b. Agriculture
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c.
Other
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If agriculture is your major economic activity, what type of agriculture do you practice?
a.
Livestock keeping
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b. Crop cultivation
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c.
Mixed farming
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Causes of land degradation

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If pastoral farming, how do you keep your animals?

a.
Nomadic livestock keeping
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b. Sedentary livestock keeping [ ]
c.
Both
If sedentary livestock keeping how do you feed your animals?
a.
In door feeding
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b. Outdoor feeding
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c.
Both
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If out door, where.......................................................................................................................................................................
How many animals do you have?
a.
Less than 5
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b. 5-10
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c.
10-15
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d. 15-20
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e. 20-25
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f.
Above 25
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If above 25, why do you keep large number of animals.
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In case of crop cultivation, what size of your farm?
a.
Less than 1 acre
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b. 1-3 acres
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c.
4-5 acres
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d. Above 5 acres
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How crop cultivation?

a.
Shifting cultivation
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b. Crop rotation
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c.
Bush fallowing
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d. Sedentary crop cultivation
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e. Mixed crop cultivation
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Is above method, helps to increase production?
a.
Yes
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b. No
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If no, why you prefer to use the above mentioned method?
a.
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b. ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
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How do you prepare your farm?
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How do you remove plants residue from your farm during farm preparation
a.
Dissolving with soil
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b.
Burning
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c.
Slashing
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d. Cutting trees
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e. Other.................................................................................................................................................................................
Do you think the above mentioned activity help you to increase your production?
a.
Yes
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b.
No
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If no, why?
a.
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b. ...........................................................................................................................................................................................
c.
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d. ...........................................................................................................................................................................................
What agricultural inputs are you imposing in your agriculture field?
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b. ...........................................................................................................................................................................................
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If you use fertilizer what kind of fertilizer?
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b. ...........................................................................................................................................................................................
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How do you harvest your products?
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What are the uses of Crop residues from your farm?
a.
As a source of energy
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b. Burning them
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c.
Leaving them in a farm
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d. Feeding animals.
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What is primary purpose for your products
a.
Commercial purpose
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b. Source of Food
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c.
both
To what extent land degradation affect agriculture production?
a.
Low
( )
b. moderate
( )
c.
high
( )
What are the main indicators of land degradation you have observed in your field?
a.
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b. ...................................................................
c.
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d. ...................................................................
e. ........................................................................
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Impacts of land degradation

29. Is Agriculture production over the past 5 years increasing or decreasing?
a.
Increasing
( )
b. Decreasing
( )
30. If decreasing, what might be a reason?
a.
Poor quality of the land/ land degradation ( )
b. Inadequate rainfall
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c.
Technological constraints
( )
d. Financial constraints
( )
e. Other.................................................................................................................................................................................
31. If increasing, what might be a reason
a.
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b. ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
c.
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d. ...........................................................................................................................................................................................
32. If, land degradation is the major causes for decreasing, why?
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b. ...........................................................................................................................................................................................
c.
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d. ...........................................................................................................................................................................................
33. Have you ever experience hunger in this area?
a.
Yes.
( )
b. No.
( )
34. When did last hunger or famine hit the area. Year ... ... ......
35. Do you think is associated with land degradation
a.
Yes
( )
b. No
( )
36. If yes, why?
a.
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b. ...................................................................
c.
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d. ................................................................
e. ................................................................
37. What was the harvest like during the hunger incidence?
a.
Harvested half of expected ( )
b. Harvest quarter of expected ( )
c.
Very little was harvested
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d. No harvest at all
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e. Others................................................................

Mitigation measures
38. Are there any mitigation measures which are taken by the society or any other organization to combat land degradation?
a.
Yes
( )
b. No
( )
39. If yes, what mitigation measures taken to combat land degradation?
a.
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b. ...................................................................
c.
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d. ................................................................
e. ................................................................
40. Do you think those measures helps?
a.
Yes
( )
b. No
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41. If no, what do you think are the reasons?
a.
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b. ................................................................
c.
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d. ................................................................
e. ................................................................
42. On your opinion, what do you think can be done to overcome the impact of land degradation on agriculture sector?
a.
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b. ................................................................
c.
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d. ................................................................
e. ...............................................................

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