This report was prepared by Jan Cloin of SPC - GSD (formerly SOPAC) and was funded by United Nations Development Programme and the report was prepared for the Samoan Electric Power Corporation. A survey with a structured questionnaire was undertaken in September 2007 focusing on coconut farming families in Savai’i. A pre-selected sample of 150 households was interviewed but due to quality and selection problems only 69 household interview results were analysed.