Banana Survival Survey 1 - Oct 2012

Farmer Name: ___________________________________

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OAF ID: ___________________________
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Group: ____________________________
________________________________________
District: ___________________________
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Survey Number:

Sub-Location:
FO:
Agent Name:

Date: _____________________________
Years with
OAF:______________________________________

Introduction
Introduce yourself and inform the farmer you are from One Acre Fund. Ask to speak to
the person that is registered with One Ace Fund by the name of _____________.
We are interested in surveying you, with some specific questions about banana
production and consumption on your shamba. Todays survey should take approximately
1 hour and we will come back periodically throughout the year to check on you. We
appreciate your participation in a survey on this topic. May I ask you a few questions
about your experience?

Income and Assets

1. Does anyone in the household receive a salary? Yes
No
a. If so, how much per month? ___________Ksh/month (mark N/A if no salary)
2. Does anyone in the household receive a weekly wage? Yes
No
a. If so, how much per week? ___________Ksh/week (mark N/A if no wage)
3. Does anyone in the household have any other form of income? Yes No
a. If so, how much per month? ___________Ksh/month (mark N/A if no income)

Banana Consumption

these questions should cover all bananas the farmer owns. Not just

the new tissue culture plants.

4. How many cooking bananas does your family normally consume each week approximately? _______Bunches
5. How many cooking bananas have they consumed in the last week - approximately?
______Bunches

Banana Production new tissue culture plants.

these questions should cover all bananas the farmer owns. Not just the

6. How many cooking banana plants do you have? _____________plants

7. How many cooking banana plants are producing fruit? _____________plants (past flowering)
do a visual check when doing observations.
8. How many cooking bananas have died since the last interview? _________plants
9. How many cooking banana stems have you harvested since the last short rains?
___________cooking stems
10.What did you do with the banana stems? (Put number in the box, make sure they
total to question 9)

Consume

Sell to vendor in local market

sell in local market (self)

sell to trader

Sell to Neighbor

Give to Neighbor

Fed to Animals

Other:

_______________________

N/A (if none harvested)

a. If you sold them, how long did it take you to sell them? ____________days (mark N/A
is no sales)
b. If you sold them in a market, how did you transport them to market?
Walk
Bicycle
Motorbike N/A
Other:_____________
11.How much money did you make in total from selling cooking bananas harvested from your
shamba since the last short rains?
__________KSH (mark 0 if no sales)

Banana Maintenance -

these questions should cover all bananas the farmer owns. Not just

the new tissue culture plants.

12.Do you apply fertilizer to your cooking banana plants? Yes

No

a. If yes, what kind? (CHECK ALL REFERENCED)

DAP
CAN
Mavuno
Manure
Other
_____ gr/plant
_____ gr/plant
_____ gr/plant
WB/plant

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13.Identify fertilizer and quantity if 'other' was selected

Type______________
______________gr/plant
14.Do any of your cooking banana plants suffer from disease? Yes No
a. If yes, which disease(s)? (CHECK ALL REFERENCED)
Stunted plants

Curling leaves

Drying stem

Yellowing leaves Black spots on leaves

Browning leaves
Stem rot N/A

Other: ___________________________________________________________
b. What are you doing to treat?
Insecticide
Ash

N/A

Fungicide

Pesticide Uprooting Plant

Other____________________

15.Do any of your cooking banana plants suffer from pest? Yes

No

a. If yes, which pest(s)? (CHECK ALL REFERENCED)

Burrowing nematode
Moles
N/A

Banana Weevil

Moth

Ants

Other: ___________________________________________________________

b. What are you doing to treat?

Pesticide

Uprooting Plant N/A

16.Do you prop your bananas? Yes

No
a. Do they ever fall over before harvesting?

Banana Sale -

Other________________________
Yes No

these questions should cover all bananas the farmer owns. Not just the new tissue

culture plants.

17.Did you sell banana suckers in the past year? Yes No

18.Who did you sell them to?
Neighbor Village Market
N/A
Other________

Town Market

Shop

Consolidator

19.How many suckers from your cooking banana plants did you sell?_________ Suckers (mark
0 if no sales)
20.How much did you sell the suckers for?___________Ksh/sucker (mark N/A if no sales)

21.How many cooking banana stems have you harvested in the past month? ________stems
22.How many cooking bananas have you sold in the past month? ___________ stems
a. How much did you sell them for? __________Ksh/stem (Mark N/A if no sales)
23.How many cooking bananas have you sold in the past month? ___________ bunches
a. How much did you sell them for? ___________Ksh/bunches (Mark N/A if no sales)

Banana Satisfaction 24.If OAF were to offer this product next year, would you want all cooking bananas or a
combination of cooking bananas and ripening bananas included in a 10 banana package?
All Cooking
Mixture of Cooking and Ripening
All Ripening
I will not buy next year

Other______________________