When working with palms, with whom do you work?

1) Solitary

2) With the help of my family

3) Cooperate with other persons

4) Others, (specify) _____________________________________________________

If you work with your family “How many family members (i.e., how many adults and how many

children) help you?”

Number of Adults________________________

Number of children_______________________

What period of time do you work with palms annually?

1) year-round

2) Several months per year

3) A number of days in certain months

Does the work with palms represent your main occupation? 1= Yes; 0= No

What other occupations are you pursuing? ----------------------------------------------------------------

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Regarding your work with palms, please tell me in what activities you are involved?

1) harvester grower,

2) supplier,

3) Carrier

4) intermediary

Do you need a collection permit to comply with your activity? 1= Yes; 0= No

What type of permit is required for harvest, supply, transport, production, trade of palm

resources?”

Is there a regular control of required permit(s) 1=Yes; 0= No

What is your cash income only through your activity with palms per month (or per year)?

What percentage of your overall cash income comes from your activity with palms?

How many years have you been involved in the collection, transportation and trading of

palms/palm products?

Have you encountered any problems to comply with your activity?

What is the cause of those problems?”

How do you think the problem can be solved? Provide possible solution(s)

Breakdown of products, species, activities and corresponding annexes

With what palm raw material or palm product do you work and what exactly is your activity in

that?

The name of palm product under study!

The palm species name of which raw material(s) or the product is obtained!

What plant part is harvested/required for production?”

e.g., leaf, leaf petiole, infructescence, fruit, fruit kernel

Do you harvest required raw material/plant parts yourself?” 1= Yes; 0= No

Where do you harvest required raw materials/plant parts?

1) From the wild (i.e., forest) or do you harvest

2) From own cultivation area

3) From the wild as well as from own cultivation area

How do you harvest the plant material and what kind of tool(s) do you need for that?”
What amount of raw material do you harvest per month?”

What amount of raw material do you harvest per tree?

After what time you can harvest from the same tree again?

1) Twice per year

2) Every second year

3) Only once

What time is needed for the natural production of extracted plant parts?

Every year the palm produces two new infructescences

What is the area size where you harvest from/cultivate palm species?

How many years after planting the palms can be harvested for the first time?

Who is the owner of the land where you cultivate this palm species?

Private

Communal territory

Do you (also) buy palm raw material/products? 1= Yes; 0= No

If any kind of pre-processing is realised, ask: “How are the mentioned stages of pre-processing

realised? “