Department of Agribusiness and

Management,
College of Agricultural Economics
Rural Sociology and Extension,
Michael Okpara University of
Agriculture,
Umudike,
Abia State.
June, 2016
Dear Respondents’
I am a final year student of the aforementioned department and institution currently
carrying out a research on the “Comparative Analysis of Income of Cassava Based
Farmers in Rural and Urban Areas in Abia State, Nigeria”.
Please feel free to respond to the questions and I undertake that any information
will be treated confidentially and strictly for academic purposes.
Thank You

Nmah Onyebuchi David

(Researcher)

QUESTIONNAIRE
INSTRUCTION: PLEASE TICK WHERE THE BOX PROVIDED AND
WRITE BRIEFLY WERE REQUIRED.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF RESPONDENT
1. Name: …………………………………………………(Optional)
2. Name of location? ...................................................................................
3. Age: …………………………… years
4. Sex: Male Female
5. Marital status? a) Single b) Married c) Divorced
d) Widowed
6. What is the size of your household? …………………………………………….
7. What is your educational attainment?
(a) None
(b) Primary Education
(c) West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination/OND
(d) First Degree/ Higher National Diploma (HND)
(e) M.Sc/PhD
(f) Others please specify..............................................................................
8. How many years did you spend in school altogether? _______________years
9. What is your major occupation? _________________________________
10.What is your source of labour? Household Hired
11.How many days a week do you work? _____________________________
12.What is the size of your cassava farm? ______________________hectares
13.Do you have access to credit? ____________________________________
14.What is the distance from your house to your farm? __________________km
SECTION B: INCOME FROM CASSAVA
15.Revenue ₦__________________
16.Variable cost
a) Rent ₦_________________________
b) Transport ₦_________________________
c) Electricity ₦_________________________
d) Herbicide ₦_________________________
e) Fertilizer ₦_________________________
17.Fixed Cost
a) Machine maintenance ₦_________________________
b) Land charge ₦_________________________
c) Interest on property ₦_________________________
SECTION C: CONSTRAINTS TO CASSAVA PRODUCTION
d) What problems do you encounter in the production of cassava?
SA A U D SD
Farm sizes of cassava farmers
Systems of land acquisition
Sources of stem cuttings and other cassava inputs
Inadequate Extension contacts
High production cost of cassava
Poor and inadequate infrastructural facilities
Most farmers and industrialists find it impossible to
get loans from the Banks.
Inconsistent policy
Easy access to alternative products through
importation, e.g., starch.
Poor capacity building of the processors
Do you have access to credit
Distance from your house to your farm