Rural Action Component

Coastal Salinity and effect on agriculture: Historical

trend, current scenario and mitigation strategies
Village Name:
Farmer Name:
Land Holding:
Caste:
Questionnaire: -
1. Number of seasons cultivated over years.
1999 2009 2019

2. If the number of seasons has reduced, why? (Is salinity the major
reason).
3. Types of crop grown.
Season 1999 2009 2019
Kharif
Summer
Rabi
4. Productivity Changes over the years:
Season 1999 2009 2019
Kharif
Summer
Rabi
5. Type of input used over the years:
1999 2009 2019
Kharif
Summer
Rabi

6. Quantity of input used:

1999 2009 2019
Kharif
Summer
Rabi

7. If the cropping pattern has changed over years, why? (Is salinity
the major reason).

8. Source of irrigation.
1999 2009 2019

9. IF source of irrigation is borewell, frequency of borewell

deepening over the years __
Depth of borewell
Initial Present
10. If source of irrigation is well, frequency of well deepening over
the years __
Depth of Well
Initial Present

11. Source of intervention for water management.

Government Self NGO Collective

12. Type of intervention(s) and its effect(s).

13. When and what type of alternate livelihood started to
supplement the household income?
14. If alternate livelihood involves migration, in which sector and
region was it done? And was it enough to supplement the loss in
agriculture due to salinity?
15. If animal husbandry is being practised what has been the effect of
lowered productivity in agriculture on it?
16. How is the decomposition of farmyard manure carried out?
17. Have you adopted micro-irrigation technique? Reason for the
same.
18. From where do you avail credit when needed?