FARM SURVEY
FORM
CENSUS
1/
Name of Community:
2/
Address:
3/
Phone:
4/
Fax:
5/
E Mail:
6/
How old is your community?
7/
Amount of land in acres?
8/
Is all the land owned by ISKCON?
9/
If not how much is privately owned?
10/
How much ISKCON owned land is being actively farmed (percentage)
11/
How much privately owned land is being actively farmed (percentage)
12/
How many devotees own their house and land?
13/
How many devotees lease their house and land?
14/
How many devotees rent their house and land?
15/
How many devotees do none of the above but still live in your community?
16/
How many adults live in the community?
17/
How many children live in the community?
18/
Do you have a temple?
19/
Do you have a gurukula?
20/
How many cows do you have?
21/
How many bulls do you have?
22/
Are the bulls trained?
ECONOMICS/SELFSUFFICIENCY:
1/
How many cows are in milk?
2/
What percentage of your milk needs are met by your own supply?
3/
Do you grow vegetables?
4/
What percentage of your vegetable needs are met by your own supply?
5/
Do you produce grains? (wheat, barley, maize, rice, oats etc.)
6/
What percentage of your grain needs are met by your own supply?
7/
What is the source of your water supply?
public, private, gravity fed,
pumped,
etc.
8/
What is the source of your energy/heating supply? public (national
grid),
private (if private what set up do you have)
9/
Are you attempting alternative energies?
(ie solar, water, gobar etc.)
10/
Do you have an economic/financial base to your community?
11/
What is your economic/financial base?
12/
List any cottage industries going on in your community?
13/
What percentage of your communities financial needs does your economic
activity
cover?
14/
How do the other members of your community meet their personal needs
(e.g.
maintained by outside jobs, etc.) If more than one way list the
methods
and numbers of devotees for each.
15/
How do devotees in the community who are dependent on the community
receive
their needs?
a)
Salary based on value of work
b)
Allowance or stipend based on needs
c)
Other
16/
How would you describe your community in terms of selfsufficiency?
17/
Are you seriously striving for selfsufficency?
SOCIAL/ENVIRONMENTAL/SPIRITUAL:
1/
What, if any, is the involvement of one or more current ISKCON gurus in
the
project?
2/
Who is your GBC?
3/
What kind of social services (medical treatment, counselling, retirement,
etc.)
if any does your community provide?
4/
How do you take care of retired cows and bulls?
5/
Do the bulls work? What do they do?
6/
Is it feasible for you to organise Padayatra out of your farm?
7/
Do you use tractors? If yes, to what
extent?
8/
Do you use horse power?
9/
Do you use chemical fertilizers and/or pesticides?
10/
Would you say your farm/rural community is:
a) Thriving
b) Doing okay
c) Struggling
11/
If your answer to the above is either b) or c) please write in your own
words
(on a seperate sheet if necessary) what obstacles are in the way
of
your community thriving?
12/
If your answer was a) what would you say is the secret to your success?
13/
What do you see as the three main strengths of your community?
14/
What do you see as the three main weaknesses of your community?
15/
What is the management/government/authority structure in your community?
16/
How do people join your community?
17/
What are the circumstances that would exclude someone from joining your
community?
18/
What is the major long term direction of your community?
19/
What (if any) is the mission statement of your community?
20/
Could you rate on a scale of one to ten the following aspects of your
community?
a) Your vision
b) Inspiration/community spirit
c) Management
d) Security, protection and stability the
devotees feel
21/
Would you like to be an ISKCON socioeconomic development model
community?
Could
you please include any printed materials, e.g. a constitution etc.
that
your community may have.
Any
additional comments.................
Comments
to be given here by the ICSD member responsible for having the
above
community surveyed.