E.A. Atayi
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 94
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Background information; The Eastern Province; ZAPI-EST; Scope of the paper; The agro-economic surveys; Selection of survey areas and villages; Sample size; Design and pre-testing of survey questionnaire; Administration of the questionnaire; Farmer's characteristics; Land; Cropping practices and cropping calender; Production, yield and relative importance of food crops; Labor; Capital inputs and credit use; Revenue and expenditure; Farming hazards and risks; Motivations and decision making; The food crop marketing survey; Objectives of the food crop marketing survey; Classification of the markets; Selection of the markets; The marketing chain; Volume of the market; The market functions; Market prices; Local standard measures.