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Tips for planning formal farm surveys in developing countries |
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| Douglas Horton |
July 1997 |
| Abstract. Formal surveys are powerful tools in gathering information from farmers in order to arrive at wise decisions in the implementation of agricultural development projects. However, formal surveys must be used with common sense and a dedication to clear focus by gathering only useful data. The temptation to construct long, awkward questionnaires involving interesting but essentially irrelevant questions must be avoided. Above all, however, we should demand that the survey yields information that will help us solve farmers' problems. | |||