Questionnaire income

Title: Assessing income and food security impacts associated with adopting varieties promoted for
precooking among households. We are looking at households that have already adopted the varieties
promoted for precooking, in CultAF1 and 2. The varieties include: NAROBEAN1, …
Introduction:

CONSENT:
Data on productivity gains, household income, and food security will be collected. Information includes
Area cultivated with precooking bean varieties, Total harvest quantities, Total sales from production, Value
of sales, and Household food security status.
Reference time is 2016 -2025 years for adoption of new varieties
Name of enumerator: ………………………………………………….………….…
Name of supervisor: …………...………………………………………
Date of interview: ………………... /…………...…... /…………………………...…
Date checked: ……...………………/………………...………/…………

MODULE A: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

1.1 Country:
1.2 District:
1.3 Sub county:
1.4 Parish:
1.5 Village:

Module B: IDENTIFICATION OF RESPONDENT AND HOUSEHOLD

Screening question:
2.1 Has your household grown beans in the last two seasons?

2.2 Which varieties have you been growing n those past 2

seasons?
2.3 Respondent identification

2.4 Name of respondent

2.5 Phone contact of the respondent

2.6 Sex

2.7 Marital Status

2.8 Age of the respondent

2.9 Are you the household head

2.10 If no, what is your relationship with the household head Spouse, Son/daughter, Parent,
brother/sister, Son/daughter in-law,
Grandchild, Other relative 8. Hired
 worker,
2.11 Household (HH) type Male-headed, Female-headed

2.12 Highest level of education attained? No formal education, Primary,

Secondary, Diploma, University and
above
2.13 Primary income form Salaried employee (profession),
Salaried employee (wage type),
Self-employed (SME), self-
employed (Large company)
Primary income source Agriculture, Education, Banking,
Trade,
2.14 Household demographics (quantify according to sex)

Male Female Total

Family size
Infants (5 years and below)
Number of dependants (>5 <15 years)
How many working-age members are in your household (16
– 65 years)
Number of dependants (65>)

MODULE C: PRODUCTION AND MARKETING DATA.

3.1 What area of land did you grow beans last season (Acres)? _________________
3.2 For the varieties planted last season, please provide the following information.
3.3.1 Which bean varieties did you grow last two
seasons? (Use the list of released varieties,
give a max of 3 varieties)
3.3.2 Reason for the preference for those varieties Early maturing; High yielding; Disease/pest
(Regarding production, consumption and marketing, resistance; High market demand; Good taste;
which traits do you like about this variety?) It could be Easy to cook; stores for a long time; seed is easy
phrased this way and divided into 3 to obtain; Colour; Seed/grain size; Drought
tolerant
3.3.3 Main Use of that variety Sell, Home consumption,

Seed source for the variety planted Home/saved; Local market; Gift/exchange;
Aid/NGO, Research organization; Extension
(NAADS)
3.3.4 Was the seed bought? Who bought, why

3.3.5 Quantity bought (kg)

3.3.6 Unit price/kg

3.3.7 Area planted (Acres)

3.3.8 Quantity Harvested

3.3.9 Was the bought seed in the last two seasons packed? 1=Yes; 2= No

3.3.10 If yes, what was the size of the bean seed packet?

3.3.11 How do you distinguish bean seed from grain? By seed source; by treatment; By
packaging
3.3.12 In the next season, where do you intend to obtain your Home/saved; Local market;
bean seed? Gift/exchange; Aid/NGO; Research
organization; NAADS
3.3.13 If you use home-saved seed, how often do you replace
it?
3.3.14 If you replaced your seed, why? Declining yields; Availability of better
varieties; Disease/pest susceptibility;
no market; mixed seed
3.3.15 Are there some bean varieties you have abandoned? Yes; No

3.3.16 If yes, list these varieties you have abandoned. USE THE SAME LIST OF VARIETIES

3.3.17 Why did you abandon them? (Regarding production, Declining yields; Availability of better
consumption and marketing, which traits did you not like about this varieties; disease/pest susceptibility; no
variety?) It can also be brought out this way market; mixed seed;
3.3.18 List some new varieties you have adopted (we could
asumm the varieties being grown are the new ones and
just ask the question below for the varieties being grown
eliminating thi)
3.3.19 Year of adoption

3.3 How was the bean harvest utilised? (Use the total KGS obtained to obtain information for this
section.)

3.3.1 Quantity sold as Grain Who sold, why

3.3.2 Quantity sold as seed

3.3.3 Kept as food (KG)

3.3.4 Kept as seed (KG)

3.3.5 Given as Gift (KG)

3.3.6 What are the main 3 production challenges faced in the past 2
seasons?
3.3.7 What are the main 3 post-harvest challenges faced in the past 2
seasons?
3.3.8 What are the major marketing challenges faced in the past 2
seasons?

Module D: Income levels and sources

4.1 At what stage do you sell the beans?

4.2 Do you have selling agreements with any of your buyers?

4.3 How many bean markets are available for the different forms
in this area?
4.4 Are there varieties you receive premium prices for?

4.5 For quantity sold as grain, who was the main buyer, and what
was the price per kg?
4.6 For quantity sold as seed, who was the main buyer, and what
was the price per kg?
4.7 For those sold fresh, who was the main buyer, and what was
the average income from these?
4.8 Apart from the main income source (already given in module
A), what other income sources do you have?
 4.9 What is the average annual income from the sources?

4.10

4.11

Module E: Food security levels and nutrition status at the household level; this section has
questions relating to utilization of food. To capture diversity and intake of the particular foods, these have
been further subdivided, and beans have been kept separate.
5.1 FOOD GROUP SCORE: Ask the following question for the specific food name from the list below and
note the information (Only food consumed by the majority of the HH members together) for the past 24
hours
Now we shall talk Did you/ Tick the most Approxi Mode How many days
about the foods you members appropriate: where the mate of over the last 7
ate in the household of your majority of the HH members daily acces days, did
yesterday. These will househol consumed intake(g s members of
help us to understand d eat ) for the your household
Breakf Lunc Sup Sna
how the available food food whole eat the food
ast (1) h (2) per ck
is utilized by the group HH items, prepared
(3) (4)
household. Please do Yesterda and/or
not provide what was y? consumed in
eaten outside the the home
household (e.g party,
[Enter
funeral, wedding)
frequency
unless if it was by all
between 0
members of the
(not eaten)
Household.
and 7 every
5.2 Was yesterday a
 normal day in the day]
household?
CEREALS (Rice,
maize, wheat, millet)
ROOTS/TUBERS
(Cassava, potatoes,
yam)
COMMON BEANS If yes,
state
variety
LEGUMES AND NUTS
(peas, peanuts, pulses,
G. nuts, soybean,
and/or other nuts)
MILK AND MILK
PRODUCTS (fresh
milk / sour, yogurt,
cheese, other dairy
products)
MEATS (Beef, matron,
Chicken, eggs, and
other bird products)
FISH AND LAKE
FOODS (including
silverfish)
GREEN LEAFY
VEGETABLES
(Leaves)
OTHER VEGETABLES
(onion, tomatoes,
carrots, peppers,
green beans)
FRUITS OR FRUIT
JUICE (banana, apple,
lemon, mango,
papaya, peach, etc.)
OIL, FAT, AND
BUTTER (vegetable
oil, palm oil, shea
butter, margarine,
other fats/oil)
SUGARS AND
SWEETS (honey, jam,
cakes, candy, cookies,
pastries, cakes, and
other sweets including
sweeteners)
CONDIMENTS AND
SPICES (tea,
coffee/cocoa, salt,
garlic, spices,
yeast/baking powder,
meat or fish as a
condiment,
condiments including
small amount of
milk/tea coffee)

5.3 FOOD INSECURITY EXPERIENCE SCALE (FIES): In this section, we capture the household's food
insecurity level over the past month.
Now I would like to ask you some more questions about Respons How often did Reason for the
food. During the last 30 DAYS or past four weeks, e: this happen? occurrence.
was there a time: (repeat this for each question)
FIESWORR Was there a time when you or any other
Y household members worried that your
household would not have enough food?
FIESPREF Was there a time when you or any
household member were not able to eat the
kinds of food you preferred because of a
lack of resources?
FIESVAR Was there a time when you or any
household member had to eat a limited
variety of food due to a lack of resources?
FIESQLTY Was there a time when you or any
household member had to eat some foods
that you really did not want to eat because
of a lack of resources to obtain other types
of food?
FIESQTY Was there a time when you or any
household member had to eat a smaller
meal than you felt you needed because
 there was not enough food?
FIESAMT Was there a time when you or others in
your household went without eating for a
whole day because of a lack of money or
other resources?
5.4 Generally, in what season was the past month falling?

Thank you for your time: