Farm Advisory Service: enhanced monitoring and evaluation

Footnotes

1. The questionnaire was reviewed after the first two days of fieldwork because the interviews were taking longer than expected. Question 10 was shortened so that this was asked for all benefits (rather than individually for each benefit). For the first responses where this was asked individually, the mean response has been used for this question.

2. This is a good response rate. We would normally expect a response rate of 25-40% for this type of survey.

3. This included questions about the extent to which actions recommended in FAS reports had been taken, the reasons for taking or not taking these and how likely respondents were otherwise to have taken these actions.

4. This is the % of those citing tangible benefit as a reason for satisfaction rather than the % of those citing actual tangible benefit.

5. In the few cases (five) where respondents were clearly talking about the FAS one to many service or the Beef Efficiency Scheme rather than the FAS one to one service, these comments have been excluded. Otherwise all comments have been considered.

6. The questionnaire was reviewed after the first two days of fieldwork because the interviews were taking longer than expected. Question 10 was shortened so that this was asked for all benefits (rather than individually for each benefit). For the first responses where this was asked individually, the mean response has been used for this question.

7. An area of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation.