ABSTRACT
This chapter reports the results of a survey designed to study fanning systems projects that include an intra-household focus in data collection, design, or implementation. When the Farming Systems Support Project was first initiated, a family task force was organized to focus on the integration of household and family concerns into the farming systems perspective. The Farming Systems Support Project and Population Council Intra-household Dynamics and Farming Systems Case Studies Project were initiated with support from USAID and the Ford Foundation in late 1984. The most frequently used methods for obtaining demographic information are pre-existing national surveys, formal project surveys, participant observation, and sondeos. Formal surveys, participant observation, and community informants are the methods most frequently used to obtain information about the participation of household members in various activities. There was general agreement among respondents that more information about intra-household concerns was important.
