Annex 7 - Interviews Guides and Focus Group Questions

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1 Annex 7 - Interviews Guides and Focus Group Questions Interviews Guides 1.0 National level Ministries of Fisheries Danida / Embassy 1. What are the main challenges facing the aquaculture sector over the last two decades? What have been the successes? 2. How important has the Danish contribution been to the aquaculture sector? 3. What have been the main policy changes or reforms affecting aquaculture development in Bangladesh? What are the main policies guiding the aquaculture sector now? 4. How did the Danida funded aquaculture interventions change the way the government handles the aquaculture sector and did it influence policy in general? 5. How has the aquaculture interventions been sustained after termination? Which elements of the interventions continue? 6. Have the particular methods used during the interventions been expanded to outside areas? Is there any evidence and what would be the cause of this spread? 7. Have there been other significant interventions in the aquaculture sector during the same time period ( )? 8. Are there any differences in performance between the 3 main areas and in case (Mymensingh, Noakhali and Patuakhali) why? 9. Has cooperation between Danida and the Department/Ministry been successful? Others donors (include questions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7) 1) What aquaculture activities have you supported? 2) Do you think that the development of the aquaculture sector is important for food security? 3) From your perspective have the Danida funded aquaculture interventions contribute to the development of the aquaculture sector in Bangladesh? 1

2 4) Which type of relations did you had with theses interventions? Did some of their results help you in the realisation of your own interventions? 5) From your point of view did the Danida funded aquaculture interventions produce any negative results? 6) From your perspective what are some of the key elements to improve the sustainability of aquaculture sector in Bangladesh? 2.0 Intervention level Department of Fisheries / Aquaculture Extension Intervention Staff 1. What was the situation like in aquaculture in this area before the interventions started? 2. What has been the impact of the interventions? (incomes, employment, standard of living, etc) 3. Were there any difficulties that you faced in implementing the interventions? 4. How did you choose the NGO partners? Which criteria did you use? 5. What are your views on the effectiveness of the various training methods used? 6. Did the training enable people to change the way they did things? In what ways? 7. Did women participate in the training? Did they face any difficulties? 8. How sustainable is aquaculture activity promoted by the interventions? Is it able to continue without any external help? 9. Do you think that farmers have the necessary technical knowledge to continue the activity? 10. Has the interventions had any impact outside of this region? Why or why not? Former international staff Questions: 1) What was your role in the Danida funded aquaculture interventions? (when, where, how long)? 2) How was the interventions managed by Danida, the Embassy and DOF and what is your perception about the cooperation between them? 3) What were the main achievements of the interventions? 4) What were the main obstacles? 5) What is your impression of the level of corruption during the intervention? 2

3 Other development actors 1. What aquaculture activities have you supported? What other sort of development interventions do you have? 2. Do you think that the development of the aquaculture sector is important for food security? 3. From your perspective did the Danida interventions contribute to the development of aquacultural sector? How? 4. Which type of relations did you had with the Danida funded interventions? Did some of their results help you in the realisation of your interventions? 5. From your point of view did the Danida funded interventions produce any negative results? Private Sector acting in aquaculture (hatcheries) 1) Have you received any training about management of hatcheries? 2) Do you use filters or chemicals for water treatment in the hatchery? 3) Which species do you culture? The following questions will depend on the species in question: 4) How do you make spawn and who showed you how to do it? 5) How have the interventions affected competition among the hatcheries and has this competition resulted in any adverse effects on quality of fry/post larvae or others? 6) Have you experienced problems with disease and how do you deal with it? 7) Has it been difficult to obtain spawners and have you experienced any change in the quality of these. (hybridisation, virus outbreak) 8) How has the intervention affected your situation in general? 9) Have you been able to continue your production of fry/post larvae after the termination of the Danida funded interventions? 3.0 Local level Leaders at the District / Upazila / Union Level 1. What was the economic situation like in this area years ago? 2. Was aquaculture being practised? What was it like then? 3

4 3. What are the main differences in the economic situation now? Can you attribute any of this change to aquaculture? 4. Are you familiar with the Danish supported aquaculture intervention? 5. [if yes] What do you think has been the impact of the intervention? (incomes, employment, standard of living, etc) 6. Has the status and roles of women changed at all in the past years? 7. [if yes] What do you think are the reasons for these changes? 4

5 Focus Group Questions FGD Guideline - Pond owners: Male group, Participants 1) What are you doing in aquaculture right now? 2) Why and how did you participate in the program? (Received credit and training or just training) 3) Has your production in your pond changed after training? Is there a market for increased aquaculture production? 4) Have any non-group members learnt about aquaculture from you or your group members? 5) How has your income changed after entering the programme? How has your living standard changed (improvement of food consumption, house, health, assets, employment, etc.)? What do you attribute this to? 6) What proportion of household income and consumption comes from aquaculture 7) Are there external services of different organisations to improve your living standard such as Grameen Bank, BRAC etc? a. Government extension? 8) How have women s roles changed in a. Aquaculture b. The household decision making, use of resources c. The village d. Mobility of women moving outside of the household (can they go by themselves, do they need permission) Are these changes related to MAEP? 5

6 FGD Guideline - Male Pond owners: Non-participants 9) What are you doing in aquaculture right now? 10) Where did you get knowledge about aquaculture techniques and practices (listen for influence from MAEP) 11) If a neighbour were going to start practising aquaculture what are the three most important pieces of advice you would give them? 12) Has your fish production in your pond changed for the last ten years? (refer to since the1998 flood ) 13) How has your income changed during the last ten years? (refer to since the1998 flood ) How has your living standard changed (check for improvement of food consumption, house, health, assets, employment, etc.)? What do you attribute these changes to? 14) What proportion of your income and consumption comes from aquaculture? Is there a market for increased aquaculture production? 15) Have you received external support from different organisations to improve your living standards? (such as Grameen Bank, BRAC etc) 16) Have you ever heard about Danida Fisheries Project? (If yes) a. Were you interested in joining and why didn t you participate? b. Has there been any influence on you by the Danida Fisheries Project? (check for farmer to farmer transmission or from Dept. of Fisheries extension) 17) How has woman s roles changed during the last ten years A. Aquaculture B. The household-decision making, use of resources C. The village D. Mobility of woman moving outside of the house (can they go by themselves, do they need permission) E. What are these changes related to? What caused them? 6

7 Women Focus Group Participants 1. What you are doing in aquaculture now? (How are the decisions made about what you are doing as a woman) 2. How and why did you participate in the programme? (Received credit and training or just training) 3. Changes in income (health, education, housing, food consumption patterns, employment, etc.. 4. Income and consumption (which part of your income is coming from aquaculture?) 5. Others external sources of help to the households (NGO s, Grameen, remittance etc..) (Association with different organisations, CBOs, others) 6. Is there a marker for increased aquaculture production 7. Women empowerment Process of empowerment over last five years what happen in their own life (decision making within the farm, money management for household and farm, involvement in public space, come out of subordinate position, mobility [can they move around outside of the house by themselves, do they need permission] 7

8 Women Focus Group non-participants 1) What you are doing in aquaculture now? (How are the decisions made about what you are doing as a woman) 2) Where did you get knowledge about aquaculture techniques and practices (listen for influence from MAEP) 3) If a neighbour were going to start practising aquaculture what are the three most important pieces of advice you would give them? 4) Has your fish production in your pond changed for the last ten years? (refer to since the1998 flood ) 5) How has your income changed during the last ten years? (refer to since the1998 flood ) How has your living standard changed (check for improvement of food consumption, house, health, assets, employment, etc.)? What do you attribute these changes to? 6) What proportion of your income and consumption comes from aquaculture? Is there a market for increased aquaculture production? 7) Have you received external support from different organisations to improve your living standards? (such as Grameen Bank, BRAC etc) 8) Have you ever heard about Danida Fisheries Project? (If yes) a. Were you interested in joining and why didn t you participate? b. Has there been any influence on you by the Danida Fisheries Project? (check for farmer to farmer transmission or from Dept. of Fisheries extension) 9) Process of empowerment over last five years what happen in their own life (decision making within the farm, money management for household and farm, involvement in public space, come out of subordinate position, mobility [can they move around outside of the house by themselves, do they need permission] 8

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