Questionnaire No.

Interviewer Name:
Interviewer Signature: Date:
Resource Conservation Practices in Agriculture (Raised bed)

Respondent Personal Information

Name Age (Years)
Education (Years) Experience (Years)
Village/Chak No. Tehsil
District Province
Social Status if Contact No.

Household Information (Numbers)

Total Family size Highest Male farm workers (no) Female farm Permanent Wages
(No.) education level Full Time Part workers (no) labor(no) (Rs/month)
in family (Years) Time

Landholding (Acres)
Areas Area leased Operational 1.Owne
Owned Land Shared Holdings 3. Owne
tenant
Total Area Cultivated Non- In Out In Out Irrigated Rain fed
(acres) cult.

Lease rate (Rs/Acre/year)

Land Type. 1.Sandy 2.Sandy loam 3.loam 4 Clay 5.Other------------

Assets No. Assets No.

Tractor Tv
Disc/Rotavator Radio
Drill Computer
Combine Harvester Internet
Thresher Mobiles
Trolley Refrigerator
Spray Pump Car
Others (specify) Motor Cycle
Household Assets

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Livestock Inventory

Animal No. Animal No

Buffaloes (Adult) Sheep
Buffaloes (Heifers) Goat
Cattle (Adult) Horse/Donkey
Cattle (Heifers) Others
Calves Others
 Commercial Poultry farms (please encircle) i) Yes
ii) No
If yes then i) Open Shed (No) ……………ii) Control Shed (No)………………
 Fish ponds i) Yes
ii) No
If yes then No of ponds-------------------- capacity of each pond----------------------

Rabi Season 2013-14 Kharif Season 2013

Crops Irrigated Rainfed Crops Irrigated Ra
Wheat Cotton
Mustard/ Canola Rice
Sugarcane Sugarcane
Vegetables Vegetables
Maize Spring Maize
Fodder Fodder
Pulses (_______) Pulses (_______)
Other (_______) Other (_______)
Other (_______) Other (_______)
Other (_______) Other (_______)
Fallow Fallow
Cropping pattern (Acres)

Irrigation
What is the source of irrigation (please encircle the answer)?

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A) Canal (go to a.1) B) Tube well (b.1) C) Conjunctive source (follow a.1, b.1 & a.5) D) Any other (specify) ------
a.1) If canal irrigation, what is farm location (please encircle) i) Head ii) Middle ii) Tail
a.2) Canal water availability i) Seasonal ii) Perennial
a.3) How much is canal water allocation (minutes/acre)? ----------------------------------------------------
a.4) Turn for canal irrigation ? i)Weekly ii) Fortnightly iii) Any other (specify)
a.5) Generally, how much time (minutes/hours) is required to irrigate one acre of land with canal water? ----------
a.6) In case of conjunctive water use, what proportion of total water requirement is met through canal and tube
well sources? a.) Canal (%)……………… b) Tube Well (%)……………………

b.1) If irrigation is done through tube well then # of tube wells with type of energy source is being utilized.
i) Diesel……….ii) Electricity……….. iii) Biogas………. iv) Wind……….. v) Solar…….....
vi) Composite of above Sources (i. ------------------- & ii. -------------------------)
1. Additional information regarding tube well operation
S# Information
1 Tubewell is operated by: 1) Peter, 2)Tractor, 3) Electric
2 Delivery pipe size (inches)
3 Water table (Feet)
4 Depth of bore (Feet)
5 If peter engine, HP__________ . Diesel consumption (Liters/hour)
6 If tractor driven, diesel consumption (Liters/hour)
7 Diesel price
8 If electric motor, _________HP. Electricity consumption (Units/Hr)
Monthly bill____________ (Rs./Hr). Running hours/week_______
9 Prevailing prices of tube well water operated by Peter engine
10 Prevailing prices of tube well water operated by Tractor driven
11 Prevailing prices of tube well water operated by Electric motor

3. General Information pertaining to Technology Adoption:

Adoption history
A What was the first year in which you hear/listened about Raise bed?
B What was the first year in which you practiced Raise bed?
C If yes adopter category*
D What was your main source of information about Raise bed?

Codes: 1 = print media (newspaper or magazine), 2 =broadcast media (radio or TV), 3 = agricultural extension agent, 4 =
university scientist, 5 = visit to research station, 6 = input dealer, 7 = family member, 8 = other farmer 9=Any project, 10=Other
*1= Innovator 2= Early adopter 3= Late adopter 4 = laggard
Farmers in your area who practiced raised bed last year (in 5 km radius) # ______ Area_______

What was motivation to install this system?

i) Observed others and then adopted ii) Perceived it efficient iii) Cost effective iv) Yield Increase
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v) Any other incentive (specify) ------------ vi) Any other incentive (specify) -----------

What are three important perceptions of yours and fellow farmers regarding technology? [Choose only three: in
order of importance 1-3]
Perceptions Yours Fellow farmers
a. Cost effective-----------------------------------------------------------
b. Easy to use this technology-------------------------------------------
c. Saves water -------------------------------------------------------------
d. More yield---------------------------------------------------------------
e. Suitable for water logged & saline soils ----------------------------
f. Less weed infestation---------------------------------------------------
g. Crop stand is good------------------------------------------------------
h. Requires more investment to purchase this machine--------------
i. Have no significant advantage over traditional practice
j. Difficult to use this technology----------------------------------------
k. Difficult in harvesting--------------------------------------------------
l. Less logging of crop-----------------------------------------------------
m. Other---------------------------------------------------------------------

What are the future prospects of the technology?

1 = More Adoption Possibility 2 = Less adoption Possibility
Major constraints in wide scale, adoption of technology [Choose only three in order of importance 1-3] .
a. Lack of capital----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b. Lack of awareness and information---------------------------------------------------------------
c. Unavailibility of raised bed machine--------------------------------------------------------------
d. Non-availability of on-farm service delivery by suppliers/manufacturers-------------------
e. Difficult to use this technology--------------------------------------------------------------------
f. Lack of knowledge to operate raised bed machine properly -----------------------------------
g. Lack of conviction/satisfaction--------------------------------------------------------------------
h. More Risk---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
i. Any other (specify) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
J. Any other (specify) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Suggestions to promote this technology:

1.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Access to credit (Yes/No) if yes. Did you get credit last year (yes/No) if yes please give detail.

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 Amount Duration
Source Purpose Interest rate
(Rupees) (months)
Commercial bank
ZTBL
Money lender or arhtya
Friends/Relatives
Any Other------------
Codes for purpose: 1 =Production, 2=Consumption, 3=Social functions
Income sources
Income from Crops Rs./year --------------Income from Livestock Rs.year/month ------
Non farm income Rs./month-------------- Remittances Rs./month--------------------------
 What are the three main changes that Raise Bed has brought to your farming
activities
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Crop Management Practices and cost of Production (Wheat)

Operations Units Conventional wheat Raise bed Wheat
Quanti Price Quantity Price/unit
ty /unit
Name of Variety

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Deep tillage No.
Rotavator No.
Disc plough No.
Cultivator No.
Planking (sole) or laser No.
Laser leveling No.
Raised beds sowing cost Rs.
Sowing method (Please encircle : 1=drill 2=B C
Seed source 1. Own 2. Seed dealer 3. Fellow farmer. 4. Seed company.
5. Research station
Seed rate Kgs
Seed treatment cost (Rs)
Planting date Month
Irrigation source (Pls encircle):1 = canal, 2 = tube well, 3 = both
Source of Irrigation other than canal (Please encircle)
Number of irrigations, canal water (Abiana)
Time required for 1st irrigation (hrs), canal water
Time required for later irrigation (hrs), canal water
If you own tubewell, what is its depth (feet)?
Number of irrigations, tubewell
Time required for 1st irrigation (hrs), tubewell
Time required for later irrigation (hrs), tubewell
Number of irrigations, Conjunctive use
Time required for 1st irrigation (hrs)
Time required for later irrigation (hrs)
Quality of tube well water 1 = good, 2 = poor Did you face water scarcity (Please encircle)? (1= yes, 2 = no)
Fertilizer use
DAP Bags/acre.
Urea Bags/acre.
Others (Sp) Bags/acre.
Others (sp) Bags/acre.
Animal FYM applied to area (acres)
FYM Qty. in Trollies (no/acre)
Weeding (encircle): 1=manual 2=chemical 3=None
Harvesting Method (encircle) 1=manual 2=Machine
Threshing cost including Labour
Grain yield (mds/acre)
Dry stalk/ Bhusa value (Rs/acre)