Data collection instruments and procedures for investigating national-level trade in medicinal and aromatic plants - the case of Nepal Smith-Hall, Carsten; Pouliot, Mariéve; Pyakurel, Dipesh; Fold, Niels; Chapagain, A.; Ghimire, S.; Meilby, Henrik; Kmoch, L.; Chapagain, D.J.; Das, A.; Jun, H.; Nepal, K.; Poudeyal, Mukti Ram; Kafle, G.; Larsen, Helle Overgaard Publication date: 2018 Document version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Citation for published version (APA): Smith-Hall, C., Pouliot, M., Pyakurel, D., Fold, N., Chapagain, A., Ghimire, S., Meilby, H., Kmoch, L., Chapagain, D. J., Das, A., Jun, H., Nepal, K., Poudeyal, M. R., Kafle, G., & Larsen, H. O. (2018). Data collection instruments and procedures for investigating national-level trade in medicinal and aromatic plants - the case of Nepal. Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen. IFRO Documentation No. 2018/2 Download date: 28. sep.. 2021 Data collection instruments and procedures for investigating national-level trade in medicinal and aromatic plants – the case of Nepal C. Smith-Hall, M. Pouliot, D. Pyakurel, N. Fold, A. Chapagain, S. Ghimire, H. Meilby, L. Kmoch, D.J. Chapagain, A. Das, H. Jun, K. Nepal, M.R. Poudeyal, G. Kafle, H.O.Larsen 2018 / 2 IFRO Documentation 2018 / 2 Data collection instruments and procedures for investigating national-level trade in medicinal and aromatic plants – the case of Nepal Authors: C. Smith-Hall, M. Pouliot, D. Pyakurel, N. Fold, A. Chapagain, S. Ghimire, H. Meilby, L. Kmoch, D.J. Chapagain, A. Das, H. Jun, K. Nepal, M.R. Poudeyal, G. Kafle, & H.O.Larsen This documentation is produced in connection with the “Transiting to Green Growth: Natural Resources in Nepal” research project funded by the Research Committee for Development Research (FFU) of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Grant No. 13-07KU. Project partners are: Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu; Agriculture and Forestry University, Department of Agribotany and Conservation Ecology, Rampur; Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming; and the Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen. Published May 2018 Find more IFRO Documentation here (most are in Danish): http://www.ifro.ku.dk/publikationer/ifro_serier/dokumentation/ Department of Food and Resource Economics University of Copenhagen Rolighedsvej 25 DK-1958 Frederiksberg www.ifro.ku.dk/english Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 5 2. Overview of the research format .................................................................................................................. 7 2.1 Data collection instruments and data collection activities ..................................................................... 7 3. Definitions ................................................................................................................................................... 13 4. A detailed guide to the data collection activities ........................................................................................ 17 4.1 District data collection ........................................................................................................................... 17 4.2 Central wholesaler data collection ........................................................................................................ 19 4.3 Regional wholesaler data collection ...................................................................................................... 20 4.4 Pre-consumer survey ............................................................................................................................. 20 4.5 Processor data collection ...................................................................................................................... 20 4.6 Tibet-border data collection .................................................................................................................. 21 4.7 China survey .......................................................................................................................................... 24 4.8 Biophysical studies ................................................................................................................................ 24 4.9 Consumption data collection ................................................................................................................. 27 4.10 Political ecology ................................................................................................................................... 28 4.11 Livelihood studies ................................................................................................................................ 28 5. General guidelines on field work ................................................................................................................. 29 5.1 Quantitative data collection .................................................................................................................. 29 5.2 Qualitative data collection .................................................................................................................... 30 6. Data management: handling and checking ................................................................................................. 31 6.1 Data handling ......................................................................................................................................... 31 6.1.1 Quantitative data handling ............................................................................................................. 31 6.1.2 Qualitative data handling ............................................................................................................... 31 6.2 Data checking ........................................................................................................................................ 32 6.2.1 Quantitative data checking ............................................................................................................. 33 6.2.2 Qualitative data checking ............................................................................................................... 33 7. Time schedule .............................................................................................................................................. 35 References ....................................................................................................................................................... 37 Appendix 1: Map overview of known trade routes from Nepal to Tibet ........................................................ 38 Appendix 2: Standard International Trade Classification ................................................................................ 53 Appendix 3: Structured surveys ...................................................................................................................... 55 3.1 Harvester survey (quantitative part) ..................................................................................................... 55 2 3.1.1 Yarsagumba harvester survey (quantitative part) ......................................................................... 62 3.2 Trader survey (quantitative part) .......................................................................................................... 68 3.3 Central wholesaler survey (quantitative part)....................................................................................... 75 3.4 Regional wholesaler survey (quantitative part) .................................................................................... 83 3.4.1 Regional wholesaler survey in Chinese (quantitative part) ............................................................ 90 3.5 Processor survey (quantitative part) ................................................................................................... 100 3.6 Tibet-border trade survey (quantitative part) ..................................................................................... 105 3.7 Consumer surveys ............................................................................................................................... 115 3.7.1 Consumer survey for yarsagumba ................................................................................................ 115 3.7.2 Consumer survey for yarsagumba (in Chinese) ............................................................................ 118 3.7.3 Consumer survey for kutki............................................................................................................ 120 3.8 Code lists used across questionnaires ................................................................................................. 122 Appendix 4: Interview guides ........................................................................................................................ 125 4.1 Harvester instrument (qualitative part) .............................................................................................. 125 4.1.1 Harvester instrument in Nepalese (qualitative part) ................................................................... 127 4.1.2 Yarsagumba harvester instrument (qualitative part) ................................................................... 130 4.2 District trader instrument