The Baseline Survey was designed to provide fundamental information on the current status of baseline data for the monitoring of progress of the project and evaluation of ISFP. Its objective was to identify and record the current status of baseline data in accordance with the Objectively Verifiable Indicators of the Project Design Matrix (PDM) of ISFP.

The study was carried out through a fully participatory approach in Mbeere, Tharaka, Kitui and Nairobi . It included a group survey, a farmer survey, a public survey and a market survey. Both the group survey and the farmer survey were carried out in the three ISFP project districts of Mbeere, Tharaka and Kitui, whereas the public survey and the market survey were extended to cover Nairobi in addition to the three districts of Mbeere, Tharaka and Kitui. Sample sizes included a total of 48 groups and 240 farmers for the group survey and the farmer survey respectively, 264 persons for the public survey and 20 marketing outlets for the market survey. The main tool for data collection in all cases was questionnaire, although discussions with group members and their leaders yielded a lot of useful insights on implementation of social forestry activities both in the groups and among individual farmers.

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