# mnu_FMngtProblems

FMgtProblem:
Lack of money to improve farming practice and hire labour


FMgtProblem:
Lack of money to buy inputs, implements and bulls


# mnu_TrSpp

Com_TrSpp:
Eucalyptus (Com), Blue gum (Eng), Mti-mbao (Swa)


Com_TrSpp:
Terminalia mentalis (Sci), Umbrella tree (Com)


# tbl_FarmingTraining

Topic:
How to plant sweet potatoes,cassava,bananas


Topic:
crop production,soil conservation,livestock rearing,planting nappier


# tbl_Groups

Group_Focus:
practise cash crop farming(plant beans for cash)


Group_Focus:
Members buy grains and store,sell the grains when prices rise,divide the money amongst members


Group_Focus:
Members contribute money and bank for future use


Group_Focus:
Members contribute money and home bank for future use


Group_Focus:
Intends to help orphans,provide food 3 times a week in the school


Group_Focus:
Women development,members contribute money and home bank.


Group_Focus:
Promote planting indeginous trees which are planted in local schools.


Group_Focus:
Helping members during funerals by donating money and cereals.


Group_Focus:
Involved in small scale business,help members when in need eg funerals


Group_Focus:
Helping the needyeg orphans,counselling the HIV infected


Group_Focus:
help members when in need.Members contribute maize/beans for future use


Group_Focus:
merry go round which benefits members,banana planting


Group_Focus:
Help members in case of problems by donating money


Group_Focus:
Involved in tree planting,banana production


Group_Focus:
merry go round,help members when in need


Group_Focus:
Members contribute money and home bank.give loans to memeberswhich is paid back by interest


Group_Focus:
Members contribute money and bank.Help members when in need,give loans to members and pay back with an interest


Group_Focus:
practise farming,store the harvest and share among members


Group_Focus:
merry go round,helps members achieve their goals


Group_Focus:
planning to practise agriculture/animal husbandry


Group_Focus:
Members save money and are given loans later


Group_Focus:
Sharing farming ideas and helping promote members through merry go round.


Group_Focus:
help farmers with loans,seedlings,fertilizers and labour


Group_Focus:
We depend on help from outside to help us live positively


Group_Focus:
Members contribute money,bank.merry go round.Give loans to members.


Group_Focus:
merry go round,provide teachings on good agricultural practises and home management eg,cookery


Group_Focus:
Livestock rearing.Help each other to buy  high breed cows


Group_Focus:
women development,members contribute and bank the money,give loans to the community who pay back with a small interest.


Group_Focus:
Timber production,they save the cash and assist each other when in need.


Group_Focus:
members contribute money and bank,merry go round


Group_Focus:
Merry go round,practise horticulture,members contribute money and save


Group_Focus:
Practise horticulture,sell fuelwood to community.


Group_Focus:
Horticulture,small enterprise business,guiding and counselling people with HIV,home based care


Group_Focus:
Buying kitchenware through merry go round


# tbl_Households

Tr_Spp1:
Eucalyptus (Com), Blue gum (Eng), Mti-mbao (Swa)

Resp_Comments:
Requets the project to assist me improve my farm and be a good farmer.


Tr_Spp2:
Eucalyptus (Com), Blue gum (Eng), Mti-mbao (Swa)


Resp_Comments:
I'm requesting the project to assist me acquire a high breed cow to enable me get enough milk for sale.I would be glad if you could also provide me with tree seedlings.


FMgt_P1:
Lack of money for labour,fertilizer,improved seeds

Resp_Comments:
I would like to be a poultry farmer but when I start all the chicks die so what can the project do to help me.I would like the project to help me improve my farm to enable me get good crop yield.


FMgt_P1:
lack of capital for labour,fertilizer,seeds

Resp_Comments:
According to what you have written about my household,can the project assist me personally(education for smaller children)


Resp_Comments:
Requests for high breed cow because the land is small.Help me to start poultry keeping(high breed).Help me improve my farm and get good crop yield.


FMgt_P1:
lack of money for labour,fertilizer,improved seeds

Resp_Comments:
Requesting to be trained on how to prevent soil erosion.Needs training on how to manage livestock.Needs help to improve their farms.


FMgt_P2:
lack of capital for labour,fertilizer,improved seeds

Resp_Comments:
Iwould request the organisation to train us on how to improve our farms.


FMgt_P1:
lack of capital for labour,fertilizer,improved seeds


FMgt_P2:
lack of capital for labour,fertilizr,improved seeds

Resp_Comments:
My major problem is land.I'm willing to be a good farmer,what can the organisation do to assist me.


Resp_Comments:
What can the project do to help us eradicate moles and squirrels that destroy our crops?How can the project help us control diseases in livestock?Need training in farm management.


Tr_Spp3:
Eucalyptus (Com), Blue gum (Eng), Mti-mbao (Swa)

Resp_Comments:
Requests if you could help me with fertilizer and improved seeds to enable me get good crop  yield.I'm a coffee farmer,what can the organisation do to help me get market for the produce.


Resp_Comments:
we have small pieces of land thus nowhereto cultivate.What can the organization do to assist us?


FMgt_P3:
theft of produce/pest such as moles destroy crops

Resp_Comments:
What can the project do to help us eradicate soil erosion,moles?How can we get improved seeds and efrtilizer.What can the project do to help us get drinking water because the source is far away.


Resp_Comments:
Needs training on farming techniques.Can the project help us eradicate moles.What can the project do to assist us start small income generating business.


Resp_Comments:
How can we erdicate the moles?can the project sponsor needy children?


Resp_Comments:
Can you help us eradicate poverty?needs training on good farming techniques.


Resp_Comments:
Is there  any kind of assistance you want to offer us?


Resp_Comments:
How can we improve crop production on our shambas,we have tried to use fertilizers but still don't get good yield.Can you provide farmers with loans?


Tr_RNoPlanting:
We have a small piece of land so I have to inquire from my husband

Resp_Comments:
Needs more training on controlling soil erosion


FMgt_P2:
lack of capital to buy fertilizer,improved seeds

Resp_Comments:
These trees that you will assist us with,will we be allowed to use them or you will restrict their use?


Tr_RNoPlanting:
My shamba is so small that I have no space for trees

Resp_Comments:
Needs training on how to utilise his small shamba to increase production.Why do you ask about loans,do you want to provide us with loans?


Resp_Comments:
Why ask all these questions?What assistance can you offer farmers?


Resp_Comments:
Can you assist us with loans to help us improve our farms?


Resp_Comments:
Is there any kind of assistance you can give us?


FMgt_P2:
lack of money to buy fertilizers and improved seeds


Resp_Comments:
How can we curb diseases in our livestock?


FMgt_P1:
lack of money to buy improved seeds and fertilizer


Resp_Comments:
Need to be trained on how to curb soil erosion because their land is sloppy.Requests for small loans to enable them do proper farming.Requests for the soil sampling results.


Resp_Comments:
Apart from trees what will you provide farmers?


Resp_Comments:
We lack money to do proper farming please assist.Train us on how to stop soil erosion on our farms since our land is sloppy.


Resp_Comments:
Are there any loans you can give to small scale farmers.Requests for trainings to help them have proper knowledge on farming.


Resp_Comments:
How can I improve crop production in my farm?


FMgt_P1:
lack ofmoney to buy fertilizer and improved seeds

Resp_Comments:
If you give me free seedlings and some fail to grow,will you give penalty for that?


Resp_Comments:
What kind of assistance will you offer us after this research?


FMgt_P1:
lack of money to buy fertilizer and improved seeds

FMgt_P3:
Too much rain destroy beans in the shambas

Resp_Comments:
We are grateful for your visit,we encourage you to bring us trees and give us a feedback on the soil samples because we use fertilizer yet production is very low and we solely depend on farming.


FMgt_P3:
Unpredictable rainfall/lack of money to buy improv


FMgt_P1:
lack of capital to buy improved seeds and fertilizer

Resp_Comments:
When will we get the soil sample reports?


Resp_Comments:
We would like to be trained on proper farming ways.


Resp_Comments:
What kind of assistance will you give us after the research?


Resp_Comments:
How can we improve fertility in our shambas?


Tr_RNoPlanting:
I have a small piece of land that is not even enough for farming.


Resp_Comments:
Help us irrigate our farms by providing us with pipes and generators


Resp_Comments:
How can you promote people with tree nurseries?


Resp_Comments:
What kind of assistance can you offer us?


Resp_Comments:
What kind of help can you offer orphans like the ones I take care of?


Resp_Comments:
We appreciate your work and hopefor trainings and assistance from you.


Tr_RNoPlanting:
I can't decide now,I need to think about it for sometime.

Resp_Comments:
What kind of assistance can you give us after this research?


Resp_Comments:
how come we use fertilizer,yet the production from our farms is small.


FMgt_P2:
lack of capital torent shamba and buy farm input

Tr_RNoPlanting:
Our shambais very small not even enough for food crops.

Resp_Comments:
Can you assist us with improved seeds?Can you offer us loans?


Resp_Comments:
Assist us with finances so that we do proper farming.


Resp_Comments:
Assist us with fertilizer and improved seeds.


Resp_Comments:
We are farming but the food production is very low due to small shambas,how can you help us?


Resp_Comments:
Assist us with farm inputs.construct for us dips.


Resp_Comments:
Assist us with money to improve our farming practises.


Resp_Comments:
We need seminars and trainings on how to use our small shambas.Train us on modern farming.


Resp_Comments:
Train us on methods of preventing soil erosion on our farms.


Resp_Comments:
How best can we use our small shambas to increase crop production.


FMgt_P3:
Weeds choking nappier grass/Lack of improved seeds

Resp_Comments:
How can we curb crop pests and diseases on our farms?


Resp_Comments:
We'd like to work best in our shambas but lack money.How can you help us?


Resp_Comments:
How can you assist orphans?Assist us with loans to buy farm inputs.


Resp_Comments:
Assist us with loans to buy farm inputs.


Resp_Comments:
Assist farmers,train us on better farming methods.


Resp_Comments:
Are you in a position to assist farmers taking care of orphans?


Tr_RNoPlanting:
I do not have the strength for planting trees.

Resp_Comments:
I am old and have nobody to depend on.I request the project to come and look into our cases since we are left with nothing to hold onto.


Resp_Comments:
We have a river which is like a wasted natural resource,we would be happy if you would come with any kind of help to tap the resource


Resp_Comments:
I would request the project to come with ideas that can help the locals achieve something mainly those who have no steady income like me.This project should rescue us from this poverty.


Resp_Comments:
We have a problem in managing our farms because of insufficien farm production.


Resp_Comments:
We need a resource centre nearby where we can be educated on farm management.We would appreciate any help from the project.


Resp_Comments:
We need training to help enlighten us on farming issues.Requests for soft loans if the project can offer.


Resp_Comments:
I would appreciate any kind of help from the project.


Resp_Comments:
We are interested in farming but we can't access fertilizer easily,we would request the project to help us acess the inputs easily.


Resp_Comments:
Come with what the locals need most so that we can improve our income.


Resp_Comments:
Requests for trainings and seminars on farm management.


Resp_Comments:
We need to be taught much on soil management.We need projects that can help us eradicate poverty in the area


Tr_RNoPlanting:
The farm is small so we can't plant more trees on it.

Resp_Comments:
we would appreciate any help to improve our  agicultural production.


Resp_Comments:
Requests for loans from the project to help promote their income.


Resp_Comments:
Requests assistance toimprove prouction on the farm.


Resp_Comments:
Your coming here is a big relief to us because we know that something good will come out of this.


Resp_Comments:
I would appreciate any kind of help that the project would offer the locals


Tr_RNoPlanting:
My farm is small so I can't squeeze trees on it

Resp_Comments:
We will appreciate any help the project will bring to the locals.


Resp_Comments:
Train us on farming to help us improve  in our production.


Resp_Comments:
Need training on how to manage their farms.Need loans to start income generating activities.


Resp_Comments:
Needs training on farm management and trees which will help them.


Resp_Comments:
We lack resources so we would like you to assist.


CropResidue_OtherUse:
ash from burnt beans residue used as baking soda


Resp_Comments:
I would be happy if the project eventually comes and help us know what is wrong with our soils and what can do well in it.


Resp_Comments:
We are happy about the project and we look forward for its success


FMgt_P3:
Inadequate income/lack of improved seeds

Tr_RNoPlanting:
I'll have no farm for crops if I will accept to plant trees.

Resp_Comments:
We need training on how to improve our farm production.Requests the project to provide us with funds to help improve our income.


Resp_Comments:
Most of us lack inputs and quality seeds because of inadequate income.Please help promote income generating projects around this place.


Resp_Comments:
We lack income generating activities so we request for help and information on how to improve our income in farming.


Resp_Comments:
We lack income generating activities so if the project can consider uplifting our income we would appreciate a lot.


Resp_Comments:
We will be happy if you offer us support.


Resp_Comments:
We would appreciate any soft loans to help us set up income generating projects.I would appreciate help from the organisation eg school fees for the orphans.


Resp_Comments:
We need resource centres and trainigs to enable us learn more about farming.


Tr_RNoPlanting:
I can't guess my husband's choice so I can't accept trees in his absence

Resp_Comments:
We would like you to come with information that will improve our farming.


Resp_Comments:
We would appreciate any support to our poultry project and other farming projects.


Tr_RNoPlanting:
There's no space for planting trees because the farms are small.

Resp_Comments:
We need training to help improve our knowledge in farm management.


Resp_Comments:
Help us control livestock diseases.Help locals get soft loans.


Resp_Comments:
If the project will eventually come we would appreciate free seedlingsand any other support to help us manage our shambas.


Tr_RNoPlanting:
Farm is so small that there is no room for trees.

Resp_Comments:
We would like lots of help from willing projects because we are poor.


Resp_Comments:
The project should come and involve the locals because they are the people in need.


Resp_Comments:
We need your full support for the locals to do well in livestock keeping.


Resp_Comments:
We need training on farm and livestock management.


Resp_Comments:
We lack good education on farm management,consider this when the project starts.


Resp_Comments:
Train people on farm management.help us access farm inputs and improve our living standards.


Tr_RNoPlanting:
The land is small and I can't decide about trees in my husband's absence.

Resp_Comments:
The project should help the less fortunate achieve their goals.


Resp_Comments:
We have small farms yet we don't have money to rent some farms.


Resp_Comments:
We need action and we appreciate  a lot for your coming to the community.


Resp_Comments:
We need help  with our livestock.We need training to broaden our knowledge on farming and livestock keeping.


Resp_Comments:
What we lack most is knowledge.We need training and workshops to help us in farm and livestock management.


Tr_RNoPlanting:
My husband is the one to decide on how much he would want to plant and I can't decide in his absence.

Resp_Comments:
requests the project to come with any kind of help and initiate a resource centre to educate us on farm management.


Resp_Comments:
Requests the project to assist usimprove  our farms by providing us with improved seeds(maize,beans) and banana suckers.requests for training on how to prevent soil erosion and how to eradicate pests


Resp_Comments:
What can we do to improve our farms and get good cropyield?Where can we borrow money for development?


Resp_Comments:
What can the project do to assist me educate my child who did std 8 but is at home due to lack of school fees.I would also request the project to help me improve my farm by providing me with improved


Resp_Comments:
Requests the project to help them improve their farms and give their children bursaries.


Resp_Comments:
What benefit will I get from the project?I would also request the project to assist me improve my farm by providing me with improved seeds(maize,beans) and fertilizer.


Resp_Comments:
Can the project assist me in improving my farm?Needs training on how to do proper farming.Can the project give us development loans as a group.


Resp_Comments:
What can the project do to help me maintain my small business.can the project help me improve my farm and get good crop yield?


Resp_Comments:
Our farms are doing poorly so I don't know what the organisation can do to help us.


Tr_RNoPlanting:
I've planted a lot  of trees,so I don't have space.

Resp_Comments:
I'm requesting the project to help us improve our farms by providing us with improved seeds(maize,beans) and fertilizer.


FMgt_P2:
Infertile soil leading to poor crop yield

Resp_Comments:
Requests for training on various types of seeds, how to improve the farm and livestock management.


Resp_Comments:
Requests the project to train them on how to improve their farms,poultry rearing.Can the project help us get cross breed cows,construct for us boreholes and advise us on which pesticides to use for ti


Resp_Comments:
What is the project going to do to help us?


Resp_Comments:
Can the project give loans to farmers to enable them do proper farming?Need training on how to rear livestock,after training the project should do follow ups to find out whether the farmers are progre


Resp_Comments:
I would request if the project would help me in farming and tree planting.


Resp_Comments:
Requesting the project to assist us improve our farms by providing us with improved seeds and fertilizer.Needs training on how to prevent soil erosion.


Resp_Comments:
Requesting the project to help us improve our farms and livestock.


Resp_Comments:
What help will I get from the project after the interview?What can you do to help me improve my farm and get good crop yield?I've got a lot of dependants and I'm growing old,can the project help me?


Resp_Comments:
I'm requesting the project to assist me to look after my grandchildren because I'm old and almost all my children are dead.Also requests if you could help me improve on my farm by providing me with im


Resp_Comments:
Requesting the project to assist me improve my farm by providing me with improved seeds(maize,beans) and fertilizer.We use very dity water from river Yala,what can the project do to help us get clean


Resp_Comments:
I'm requesting the project to provide me with improved seeds and fertilizer.need training on how we can improve our farms and get good crop yield.


Resp_Comments:
What benefit I'm I going to get after the interview?


Resp_Comments:
After the interview will you come back and do some follow ups on what you wrote.


FMgt_P2:
Small shambas/flooding during heavy rains

Resp_Comments:
Our major problem is capital so I'm requesting the project to assist small scale farmers by improving our farms and yield.I'm willing to set up a nursery,can the project provide me with seedlings?


Resp_Comments:
Requests the project to help her improve her farm to enable her get good harvest.


FMgt_P1:
lack of capital to hire labour,buy fertilizer and improved seeds

Tr_RNoPlanting:
I can't plant because we experience a lot of theft in the village

Resp_Comments:
Requests the project to trin us on proper farming.How can we make our farms fertile,because we work a lot and get nothing at the end.How can we eradicate moles?


Resp_Comments:
I'm interested in poultry rearing but lack the capital,can the project assist.Requesting if we could be trained on farm management.


Resp_Comments:
I'm requesting the project to help us eradicate poverty by training us on how to improve our farms and also make the veterinary services available to us.Help us improve on our livestock especially fer


Resp_Comments:
I'm requesting the project to give us more training on dairy farming.Help us improve our local breed.


Resp_Comments:
I'm requesting the project to train us on how we could improve our farms.I have orphans and I would like the project to assist me in their education and health.


# tbl_LivestockProblems

Livestock_Problem:
Lack of finance to cross breed the animals


Livestock_Problem:
Lack of fodder especially during drought


Livestock_Problem:
Lack of drinking water and grazing fields


Livestock_Problem:
Diseases outbreak in chicken leading to death


Livestock_Problem:
Lack of fodder due to small pieces of land


Livestock_Problem:
Lack of money to pay veterinary officers


Livestock_Problem:
Lack of money to hire veterinary officers


Livestock_Problem:
Veterinary officers if found are very expensive


Livestock_Problem:
veterinary officers are available but expensive


Livestock_Problem:
Lack of experience in livestock production


# tbl_NoTreePlanting_CulturalReasons

CulturalReason:
By planting trees women would make their husbands die fast


CulturalReason:
It is a bad omen for women to plant trees.


CulturalReason:
Women are not allowed to plant trees because if they do their husbands may die


CulturalReason:
women are not allowed to plant trees or even bananas.


CulturalReason:
A woman is not allowed to plant trees in our community.


CulturalReason:
Women don't plant trees because it brings bad lack to them


CulturalReason:
There are some specific trees,they are not supposed to plant eg bananas,mitivya


CulturalReason:
women whoare still giving birth are not allowed to plant trees.


CulturalReason:
Women can'tplant trees when they are married.


CulturalReason:
Women are not allowed to plant trees and bananas


CulturalReason:
Married women are not allowed to plant trees when their husbands are still alive.


CulturalReason:
Married women can't plant trees but widowed women are allowed to plant trees.


CulturalReason:
They don't allow some kind of trees to be planted in front of the house.Incase the leaves fall in the house they believe someone dies


CulturalReason:
A woman is not allowed to plant trees when the husband is still alive


CulturalReason:
Women are not allowed to plant trees.Some kind of trees can't be planted in the homestead.


CulturalReason:
There are trees forbidden to be planted in the homestead


CulturalReason:
women are not allowed to plant certain types of trees.


CulturalReason:
Women are not allowed to plant trees and bananas.


CulturalReason:
Women are not allowed to plant some trees.


CulturalReason:
women are not allowed to plant trees for their own safety.


CulturalReason:
women are not allowed to plant any tree including bananas because of unknown reasons.


CulturalReason:
There is a belief that if a woman plants any tree in the homestead,when her husband is alive,then the husband won't come back to the homestead


CulturalReason:
women not allowed to plant trees/bananas


CulturalReason:
women are not allowed to plant trees/bananas


CulturalReason:
women are not allowed to plant trees when their husbands are still alive.


CulturalReason:
Women not allowed to plant trees/bananas


CulturalReason:
women are not allowed to plant trees because it's a bad omen in our clan.


CulturalReason:
Women are not allowed to plant trees because it brings death to the homestead.


CulturalReason:
Women are npt allowed to plant trees,they might kill their husbands.


CulturalReason:
Women are not allowed to plant any trees.


CulturalReason:
Women are not allowed to plant trees/bananas


CulturalReason:
Women are not allowed to plant trees,reasons are not well specified.


CulturalReason:
Women are not allowed to plant trees because it is believed that the men will die after the planting of trees.


CulturalReason:
the old generation wanted support from the other folks so women could boast over what they have done.


CulturalReason:
Women can't plant trees in their husband's presence.


CulturalReason:
Women are not allowed to plant trees according to our culture.


CulturalReason:
These days practises are optional,women can just plant trees if they wish.


# tbl_Overview

STitle:
Questionnaire on Contigent Valuation Study, Western Kenya

Collaborators:
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and Michigan State University (MSU)

mdbDesigners:
E.A. Ambani (Stream Logic Tech) and Rohit (MSU)


# tbl_SWConservation

ConsMeas_Challenges:
Lack of enough harvesting and storage facilities


ConsMeas_Challenges:
There is a lot of siltation at the pond at home


ConsMeas_Challenges:
Moles destroy the roots so the nappier dry up


ConsMeas_Purpose:
help stop wind erosion and add soil fertility


ConsMeas_Purpose:
Help retain water in the farm and stop soil erosio


ConsMeas_Challenges:
Inadequate harvesting and storage facilities


ConsMeas_Purpose:
prevent soil erosion and help retain water in the


ConsMeas_Challenges:
Inadequate storage and harvesting facilities


ConsMeas_Purpose:
prevent soil erosion and retain water in the farm


ConsMeas_Challenges:
Inadequate storage and harvesting facilities.


ConsMeas_Purpose:
stop soil erosion and retain waterin the farm


ConsMeas_Purpose:
slow down water flow and add nutrients to soil


ConsMeas_Purpose:
stop soil erosion and retain water in the farm


ConsMeas_Purpose:
slow down erosion and add soil nutrients


ConsMeas_Challenges:
Insufficient storage and harvesting facilities


ConsMeas_Challenges:
Inadequate dtorage and harvesting facilities


ConsMeas_Challenges:
insufficient storage and harvesting facilities


ConsMeas_Purpose:
prevent erosion and retain water in the farm


ConsMeas_Purpose:
stop soil erosion and add fertility to soil


ConsMeas_Challenges:
lack enough storage and harvesting facilities


ConsMeas_Purpose:
prevent soil erosion,retain water in the farm


ConsMeas_Challenges:
Lack of enough storage and harvesting facilities


ConsMeas_Purpose:
retain water in farm and stop soil erosion


ConsMeas_Purpose:
stop soil erosion and retain water in the soil


ConsMeas_Challenges:
Iadequate storage and harvesting facilities


ConsMeas_Purpose:
add soil fertility and prevent soil erosion


ConsMeas_Challenges:
Lack of storage and harvesting facilities


ConsMeas_Purpose:
slow down the speed of water,add fertility to soil


ConsMeas_Challenges:
Insufficient harvesting and storage facilities


# tbl_TreesRemoval

Tr_RemSpp:
Eucalyptus (Com), Blue gum (Eng), Mti-mbao (Swa)


Tr_RemReason:
to give way for putting  electricity poles and lines along the road


