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2.6 Ranking of income and expenditure In a similar way to ranking of NTFP’s, we asked men and women separately to list and rank their household income sources and categories of expenditures, to get an estimate of the relative importance of income derived from NTFP’s, compared to livestock sales and other sources of cash income. 2.7 Wealth ranking The technique of wealth ranking is a quick method to find out in which way rich and poor households differ and to assess the relative wealth status of each household (Grandin, 1988). It consists of writing all the names of each family on separate small cards, and subsequently asking informants to place these cards in piles according to the relative wealth of each family. Results are recorded in a list of names. Informants are then asked to describe the characteristics of each group and these wealth criteria are also recorded. This process is repeated several times and in the end an average rank from all lists is calculated for each family. The resulting list of families is then divided into new categories, according to natural breaks, at least as many as in the list with the smallest number of categories. This results in a breakdown of the village into groups from wealthy to poor, which can be used for subsequent sampling. 2.8 Simple family interview questionnaires Following the stratification of families in wealth categories through wealth ranking, a sample of 5-10 families from each category was randomly selected for a family interview. A simple questionnaire was designed on the spot, using information previously gathered on main sources of income and main NTFP’s used. The questions were aimed at quantifying income sources, rice economy and the use of NTFP’s for each family. Data were recorded in field notebooks. On average half an hour was needed per family. In each village, families were classified into 4-5 wealth classes by villagers themselves in a wealth ranking exercise. From each class, 5 families were interviewed, so in each village 20- 25 families were interviewed. Totals for the whole village were calculated by multiplying the average data for each class with the number of families in the class. Weighted averages for the whole village were calculated from these totals by dividing them through the total number of families per village. 2.9 Forest walks, rapid forest inventories A small group of villagers would be asked to show the team some of the important areas for collecting NTFP’s by making a forest walk. The aim of such a walk is to asses the composition and condition of the forest, to determine what products are available and to get an idea of the distances and location of forests and agricultural lands. We often split the team into two groups, one going with some women and the other with some men, doing separate walks in separate directions so as to increase coverage. During these walks, villagers would be asked to show the team useful products encountered along the trail. The team would also stop at relevant places and make a rapid forest inventory, checking forest characteristics that can be observed easily such as main tree species, soil cover and crown cover, density of key species, tree sizes, villagers observations on occurrence of NTFP’s, size of the area, local name etc.
2.10 Village selection Out of the total of 17 villages, five were selected for this study. The aim of the selection was to get a representative sample, i.e. villages in various geographic locations, both villages that are close to the forest as well as villages that are further away from the forest, villages of various ethnic groups, poor as well as wealthy villages, etc. These criteria were explained to the district agricultural office who assisted us in selecting five villages, as well as choosing the most efficient itinerary. The following villages were selected: Ban Khon Kene, Ban Ka- Oy, Ban Nakai Neua, Ban Sop Phene and Ban Thalang.
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