EVALUATION REPORT FOR ANNUAL REVIEW BY UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORDIA VILLAGE EDUCATION GUATEMALA

EVALUATION ACTIVITIES REPORTED HEREIN SPAN THE YEARS 1973-75. THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORDIA WAS SUBCONTRACTED BY THE ACADEMY FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT,THE PRINCIPAL PROJECT CONTRACTOR, TO PERFORM THIS INDEPENDENT EVALUATION. SOUTH FLORIDA UNIVERSITY'S FIRST STEP WAS TO CONDUCT A BASELINE STUDY OF THE PRESENT KNOWLEDGE,ATTITUDES, FARMING PRACTICES,PRODUCTION,AND INCOME OF FARMERS. ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS RELATING TO COMMUNICATIONS,NUTRITION,HEALTH,MOBILITY,AND LIVING CONDITIONS WERE MEASURED. APPROXIMATELY 400 FARMERS WERE INTERVIEWED IN FIFTEEN COMMUNITIES IN THE PROJECT'S EXPERIMENTAL AREA; AND MORE THAN 100 FARMERS FROM FIVE COMMUNITIES WERE INTERVIEWED FROM THE CONTROL AREA. THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED IN TWO PHASES: ALL THE FARMERS IN THE SAMPLE WERE INTERVIEWED IN 9/73 TO OBTAIN GENERAL INFORMATION. TWO MONTHS LATER,THEY WERE INTERVIEWED AGAIN TO OBTAIN MORE AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION -- WITH EVERY FIFTH PERSON IN THE SAMPLE INTERVIEWED IN-DEPTH BY AN AGRONOMIST. THIS REPORT INCLUDES THREE WORK PAPERS WHICH VERY BRIEFLY PROFILE THE SUBJECT FARMERS;AND A NUMBER OF CHARTS,TABLES,AND GRAPHS PROVIDING DATA ON: LANGUAGE SPOKEN,LITERACY,SCHOOLING,DAILY RADIO LISTENERS,SANITARY TOILET FCILTIES,FULL-TIME FARMERS,LANDOWNERS AND THE AMOUNT OF LAND OWNED,USE OF INSECTICIDE,USE OF FERTILIZER,AND THE USE OF CREDIT.