Questionnaire Agricultural Crisis

General Questions:

1. How long you have been indulged in farming? __________ (years)

2. Gender: 1. Male 2. Female
3. What is your marital status? 1. Married 2. Unmarried 3. Widowed 4. Divorced 5. Separated 6. Deserted
4. What is your age? (In completed years) _________
5. Is agriculture your main occupation? 1. Yes 2. No
6. Apart from agriculture do you do some other work for earning. 1. Yes 2. No
7. Then what do you do apart from farming?
8. How many family members are dependent on you?
9. How much land you own?
10. If not owned, how much land you get in lease?
11. What is the rent that you give for lease?
12. If given for farming, how much rent you receive?

Variable: Monsoon & Irrigation facilities

1. How many months you receive rainfall?

2. Is the rainfall enough?
3. Do you have any methods for storing rainfall?
4. How may irrigations facilities are available like borewell, canal?
5. Do you get enough water from these facilities?
6. How many liters of water are needed daily for irrigation purposes?
7. Are any water pumps, motors available?
8. How many hours of electricity are needed for utilizing irrigation facilities?
9. What’s the cost of electricity?
10. Is loan available for farming?
11. What are the interest rates in which loan is provided?
12. Is government providing subsidized rate of interest for loans?
13. Is government providing any scheme for farming?
14. If yes, how much funding is given by government?
15. Do you know crop insurance?
16. What premium is asked by the bank/finance?

Variable: Govt Policies & Terrain

1. How many farmers knows about the Direct Benefit Transfer provided by Government?
2. How many farmers knows about the Land acquisition law?
3. There are Kisan call centre. Percentage of farmers never contacted kisan call centres?
4. Do you know about Ground Water quality monitoring?
5. Which type of Manures, fertilizers are being used for farming rabi and Kharif crops?
6. Do you know about Agri tech training institutes?
7. Do you know about Crop insurance scheme subsidized by govt and banks?
8. Do you know about KCC Loan?
9. Do you know the segregation for Rabi, Kharif, Zaid crop Season?
10. Do you know the techniques to increase the fertility of soil through cross irrigation techniques?

Variable: MSP for crop

1. Are you able to sell all yield above MSP?

2. If not, does government buy all your crops at MSP?
3. What is the profit/loss you make if crops are bought at MSP?
Variable: Technological Advancement in agriculture

1. Are you getting genetically modified seeds?

2. If yes how expensive are these than normal seeds?
3. What is the % increase in yields because of these genetically modified seeds?
4. Are you using new age water lifting devices like treadle pump, drip irrigation?
5. What is the % of irrigation done by these new techniques?
6. How much training have you received on using new techniques of agriculture?

Tushar Prasad 1802229

Suman Kumar 1802217

Suraj Das 1802218

Utkarsh Srivastav 1802231