Summary Evaluation of the survey on the life cycle of a local product
Costumers are the important people for farmers as they buy their products, that is also why it was important to obtain not only information from experts, but also opinions and views of the population on the subject "Growth of a local product". For this reason, we started a survey in which we wanted to find out the apple varieties known to the population and additional questions about the cultivation and process of production.
The survey was filled out by numerous people, especially people from Europe and India took part in it. Interestingly, many participants were aged between 0 and 20 years, however, the most experienced person was above 70 years!
The survey has shown that Pink Lady and Gala belong to the most popular apple sorts. Those are followed by Boskoop and Breaburn. Most people assume that organic farmers use less fertilizer than conventional farmers, what is also reflected in their buying behaviour, as many of our survey participants have choosen organic products when buying food.
The opinions about which farming methods are better were really split. The majority thinks that the past farming methods were better for the environment than todays. Another group, however, thinks that both past and present farming methods are good. In addition to the opinions about the different cultivation methods, the influences being responsible for the development of an apple were also asked. The most common answers were the weather, the climate and the influence of animals.
It was very exciting to conduct the survey and to receive answers from all over the world. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all participants for completing our survey!
If you are interested to read our whole survey, follow our final project “the lifecycle of a local product”.
Stefanie Kunz, Simone Etter, Tamara Keller BM2 TZ19
