A more comprehensive household questionnaire was developed for the collection of specific farm-level data relating to resource endowments (availability of land, machinery, labour, inputs), crop and livestock enterprises (area or quantity, input requirements, management activities), farm income factors (input costs, crop and cattle prices, overhead costs, household expenses, non-farm income, credit) and constraints associated with increasing cattle production. Interviews were conducted by local project staff who were familiar with community custom and language, and who had a history of activity in the target sub-villages.