Field data collection

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Field data collection
Asfaw Tolessa Addis Ababa, 25 February 2003
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Pre-Field work activities

• Preparatory workshop for 2 days
• 11-12 December 2000
• Targeted at key-persons from the Region
• 12 Zones livestock experts
• Create awareness about the project, objectives
  and activities
• Consultation forum for design and implementation
  
• of the project activities
• Discussion on the questionnaire
• Detail report of all Zones

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Content of the Zonal report

• Livestock density
• Distribution of species
• Number of PAs per district
• Human population distribution
• Land allocation

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Scheduling the survey time

• Rain fall
• Availability of livestock
• Availability of Farmers
• Accessibility
• Road
• Rivers

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Scheduling the survey time(Cont.)

• Seasonal activity
• availability of DAs
• availability of District SMSs
• availability of farmers

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Dividing the survey into phases

• The Region into 4 phases
• Based on
• Rainfall
• Availability
• 3 zones per phases

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Division of the Region into 4 phases
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Organization

• All Zonal Agricultural Development Department
• All District Agricultural Development Offices
• Given assignment to co-operate
• All did as requested

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Organization (cont.)

• Hierarchical approach
• Survey Project team (4 people)
• 12 Zonal livestock experts (key-persons) as
  supervisors
• 55 woreda livestock experts as woreda supervisors
• 185 development agents as enumerators

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Preparation for field work

• Vehicle
• Communication (Radio)
• Budget
• Addis team (ILRI/OADB)
• Zonal supervisors
• District supervisors
• Enumerators
• Questionnaire
• Teaching aids
• First aid

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Field work

• Field work activities started May 18,2001
• Training
• 2 days theory class exercise
• 1 day practical

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Training content

• Introduction
• Background and goals of the project/survey
• Questionnaire design, content and organization
• Introduction to the questionnaire
• Household questionnaire
• Cattle questionnaire
• Sheep questionnaire
• Goat questionnaire
• Secondary species questionnaire Camel, Chicken,
  Donkey, Mule, Horse
• Class exercise on the questionnaire

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Training content (cont.)

• Discussion on the class exercise
• Interview Techniques Experiences timing and
  dealing with farmers
• Guidelines of filling the questionnaire
• Introduction to field exercise, discussion on
  group formation and logistics
• Field exercise on the interviewing techniques
• Field exercise on phenotypic description
• Enumerators self exercise on phenotypic
  description
• Field survey guidelines, assignment of DAs and
  instruction on supervision, logistics,
  distribution of questionnaires and supplies

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Training methodology
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• Training 3 days per Zone
• 5 days is recommended!!

The training consisted of 1. Classroom training
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Training methodology (cont.)

• Class room group exercises Participants were
  split up in groups. One of the participants
  played as farmer. The others interviewed him

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Training methodology (cont.)

• Field exercises Groups of participants were sent
  out in the field to interview a farmer

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Field work (cont.)

• Data collection
• 10 days survey
• 30 farmers/PA
• 1 enumerator/PA
• 30 questionnaires/Enumerator
• 3 questionnaires/day/Enumerator

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Field work (cont.)

• Supervision
• District supervisor
• His/her enumerators
• 2-5 enumerators/supervisor
• 1 visit/day
• Zonal supervisors
• District supervisors
• Enumerators
• 4-6 districts/zone
• Have own vehicle
• Join Addis Team

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Execution of the survey

• Resources in the form of fuel, and minor
  maintenance
• were provided to supervisors, and
  enumerators
• In some cases bicycles, mules or horses were
  rented
• to make the supervisors and enumerators
  mobile
• Survey length was 10 days per Zone

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End of surveying
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• West Wollega
• 22 December,2001

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Problems Observed

• Market days
• Untimely rains
• Unexpected high costs
• Maintenance
• Wrong PA /or HH selections
• Some wrong NGOs experiences
• Payment for simple group discussions

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Positive Observations

• Responsible feeling
• ZADD
• DADO
• DAs
• Collaboration
• Farmers
• HH heads
• Family members
• Neighbours
• Village leaders

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