FAO MAAIF SSC3 BASELINE- FOXTRAIL MILLET ENTERPRISE


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General Overview [All Regions]

Description Results
Interview period 09-Aug-2023 to 04-Sep-2023
Total number of Respondents 783 [Male:550 Female:233]
Number of Districts 23


r1. Have you heard about the new agricultural technologies (varieties), their desirable attributes, and also best practices for commercial production of millet in this area? [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
00 No 34 73.91
01 Yes 12 26.09
Overall 46 100.00


r3. Which sources did you use to access the latest information about the recommended agricultural technologies and best practices in this area during the last 12 months? [All Regions]
Note: results are from multiple-choice responses
Code Description Freq Percent
01 Agricultural extension worker of government agency (NAADS/OPM/ PDM etc.)/ office(s) 8 12.50
02 Field Extension Worker of our local government 9 14.06
03 Field Extension Worker of an NGO 5 7.81
04 Input supplier or stockiest in the area 2 3.13
05 Farmer Group/Association 1 1.56
08 Neighboring farmer/ fellow farmer 3 4.69
09 Another farmer(s) relative in this area 5 7.81
12 Radio/newspaper/TV 6 9.38
13 Parents and siblings 1 1.56
15 Government leaders 1 1.56
95 Others 23 35.94
Overall 64 100.00


r7. What has been your main source of agricultural technologies (improved seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, etc.) that you currently use on your farm in the last 12 months [All Regions]
Note: results are from multiple-choice responses
Code Description Freq Percent
01 Own stock/harvest (recycled) 1 1.54
02 On-farm trials 4 6.15
03 Extension demonstration plots 4 6.15
04 Government extension worker 5 7.69
05 Gift from friends/neighbors, relatives 3 4.62
06 Farmer to farmer agricultural technology exchange arrangements 1 1.54
08 Received for free from a primary beneficiary of a project in the area 1 1.54
09 Bought with cash from local seed producer/supplier farmer 5 7.69
10 Bought with cash from local trader/market 8 12.31
11 Bought with cash from agro-input dealers/agro-vets 7 10.77
15 Free from friends/neighbors/relatives 3 4.62
17 Borrowed seed/planting material 1 1.54
18 Exchange with other seed 1 1.54
95 Others 21 32.31
Overall 65 100.00


r11. Who is using the improved millet varieties in this household? [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
03 Both men and women 6 13.04
95 Others 2 4.35
96 None 38 82.61
Overall 46 100.00


r13. Who is using the recommended best practices for commercial production of millet in this household? [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
03 Both men and women 4 8.70
95 Others 2 4.35
96 None 40 86.96
Overall 46 100.00


r14. Why do you prefer these agricultural technologies at your farm? [All Regions]
Note: results are from multiple-choice responses
Code Description Freq Percent
01 High yielding 15 23.44
02 Early maturity 11 17.19
03 Resistant to diseases 4 6.25
04 Tasty 4 6.25
95 Others 30 46.88
Overall 64 100.00


r20. Did you give out some of the agricultural technologies to secondary millet farmers in this area in the last 12 month? [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
00 No 44 95.65
01 Yes 2 4.35
Overall 46 100.00


r22. Which distribution mechanism did you use when giving out the technologies to other farmers in the last 12 months? [All Regions]
Note: results are from multiple-choice responses
Code Description Freq Percent
01 Provided agricultural technologies for free to secondary farmers in the neighborhood 1 2.17
02 Provided agricultural technologies to other farmers for free in other areas 1 2.17
95 Others 44 95.65
Overall 46 100.00


r25a. Do you agree that the use of agricultural technologies on your millet farm in the last 12 months helped to increase your level of farm production [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
01 Extremely helpful 4 8.70
02 Very helpful 7 15.22
03 Somewhat helpful 9 19.57
05 Not at all helpful 8 17.39
95 Others 18 39.13
Overall 46 100.00


r25b. Do you agree that the use of agricultural technologies on your millet farm in the last 12 months helped to increase your level of productivity [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
01 Extremely helpful 4 8.70
02 Very helpful 6 13.04
03 Somewhat helpful 9 19.57
05 Not at all helpful 8 17.39
95 Others 19 41.30
Overall 46 100.00


r25c. Do you agree that the use of agricultural technologies on your millet farm in the last 12 months helped to increase your level of farm income [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
01 Extremely helpful 3 6.52
02 Very helpful 5 10.87
03 Somewhat helpful 11 23.91
05 Not at all helpful 7 15.22
95 Others 20 43.48
Overall 46 100.00


r27. What kind of post-harvest practices do you engage in order to add-value on harvested millet? [All Regions]
Note: results are from multiple-choice responses
Code Description Freq Percent
01 Drying 42 28.97
02 Sorting 25 17.24
03 Threshing 33 22.76
04 Grading 8 5.52
05 Packing 23 15.86
06 Transporting 11 7.59
95 Others 3 2.07
Overall 145 100.00


r28. Are you aware of any products that can be developed through value addition such as millet flour, wine, cake, etc.? [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
00 No 26 56.52
01 Yes 20 43.48
Overall 46 100.00


r29. Do you process millet produced on your farm? [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
00 No 11 55.00
01 Yes 9 45.00
Overall 20 100.00


r35a. In the case of hired children (14-18 years), are they supposed to be in school? [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
00 No 43 93.48
01 Yes 3 6.52
Overall 46 100.00


r35b. In the case of hired children (14-18 years), do you hire them outside their school time? [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
00 No 38 82.61
01 Yes 8 17.39
Overall 46 100.00


r39. Who received millet training in the household? [All Regions]
Note: results are from multiple-choice responses
Code Description Freq Percent
01 Man 1 3.70
02 Woman 1 3.70
04 Female child 1 3.70
05 whole household 1 3.70
95 Others 23 85.19
Overall 27 100.00


r40. What was the millet training about? [All Regions]
Note: results are from multiple-choice responses
Code Description Freq Percent
01 Seed selection 3 8.57
02 Agronomic practices 3 8.57
03 Pest and disease management 2 5.71
04 Post-harvest management practices 2 5.71
05 Business development and marketing 1 2.86
95 Others 24 68.57
Overall 35 100.00


r41. How would you rate the training received, in terms of the extent to which it addressed your needs? [All Regions]
Note: results are from multiple-choice responses
Code Description Freq Percent
01 Very good 4 14.29
02 Good 1 3.57
95 Others 23 82.14
Overall 28 100.00


r44. Have you heard of the 'Millet-Fish mode' of millet farming? [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
00 No 46 100.00
Overall 46 100.00


r45. Have you heard of the 'Millet-Poultry mode' of millet farming? [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
00 No 46 100.00
Overall 46 100.00


r46. Have you heard about hybrid millet that grows on both lowland and upland sites? [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
00 No 43 93.48
01 Yes 3 6.52
Overall 46 100.00