Reporting

A report is best organised if the results can be presented to match the questions that the survey set out to address. In this way the results and the accompanying documentation will give direct answers to the questions of the study. Hence the report will guide the government ministry officials in policy making and the farmers in making informed decisions.

We have, in this case study, tried to follow this guideline in presenting the results according to the questions posed at the outset, namely:

• What is the distribution of household heads by age and gender?

• What importance do livestock play in the homesteads and how important are cattle?

• Which members of homesteads own cattle, and who are responsible for different cattle activities?

Other examples of methods of reporting are given amongst the material included under Related Reading.