FAO MAAIF SSC3 BASELINE- FOXTRAIL MILLET ENTERPRISE

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