Research Questionnaire

Following are the certain data or information in connection with the research work about
the farmers of Argao, Cebu. Farming practices, Problems Implications to the BSA curriculum of
Ctu-Ac. I humbly appeal that you answer each item on the basis of actual experience .Please
answer them truthfully as possible, and rest assured that you answers are kept confidential.

Part I

Name: ___________________________________ ____sex: ___male ___female

Address: _____________________________________________ Age: _____

Civil status: ___single ____married

If married, sized of family:

____1-3 children ____4-6 children ____7 above

Socio-economic background

Highest Educational Attainment:

____elementary level ____ elementary graduate ____high school level

____high school graduate ____college level ____college graduate

Estimated Combined Monthly Income

____P4999.00 or less ___ P5000.00 to P11499.00 ___P15000.00

Kinds of Dwellings

___made of nipa and other light material ___semi –concrete

___made of wood with G.I.sheets

Other Job Aside from Farming

___fishing ___carpentry ___Agri-business (buying and selling agricultural products)

___government employee and to other establishment ____others

Other Related Factors

Years of experience in farming

___2-5 years ____6-10 years ____11 years and above

Ownership

___share tenant

Sharing ratio between tenants and land-owners

___50:50 ___40:60 ___25:75 _______others, please specify

_____lesses tenant _____part-owners ____owner

Sized of Farm Cultivated

____1000sq.m -1 hectare ____1.1 hectares -3 hectares

____3.1 hectares and above

Average Production per hectare per cropping seasons

___60-70 cavans/ha ___70.1-80/ha _____80.1 and above/ha

Source of Farm Skill

____school ____extension workers ____reading agricultural books and listening to radio

____parents and neighbors

Life style of Farmers

A .Please the activities you engage in before and after actually performing the major activities in
the farm.

___1.Gather forage and other food ___3.Attend to other projects like backyard
supplement for working animals piggery, poultry and gardening

___2.check all farm tools and equipment ___4.Water tendering of the field.

___5.others, please specify

Please check as many recreation you engaged in during off time:

____ 1.Play ballgames (basketball, ____4.Playing madjong
volleyball.etc.).
____5.Relax and read magazines
____2.Go on cock fighting
____6.Relax and listen to radio program
____3.Compute and buy masiao , jai-alai
____7.Others, please specify
tickets

Part II

The following items below are farming practices in producing crops. Please correctly by
checking in the space before the items you have practices.

Land Preparation Seedling Preparation

____use tractor and other machineries in ___seedbed method is used in preparing

rotavating land the seedling

____used an ordinary plow and carabao ___Dapog method in preparing the

in rotavating the land seedling

Harrowing ___Semi-dApog method is used in

preparing the seedling.
___give two weeks allowance from
plowing to first harrowing Planting

___give one week allowance from ____Straight row method is used

plowing to harrowing
____Random method is used
___gives no allowance at all
____Direct seeding is used

Pest and Disease Control

____ Insecticides (chemicals) are used to ____Biological method is used

control them
____Mechanical method is used

____none at all.
 Fertilization ____Analysis of the soil be done by field
trial
____The farm has been applied with
commercial fertilizers ____Analysis of the soil is done through
observation of the previous cropping.
____3 times regardless of any kind of
Harvesting and Threshing
soil and variety.
____Pedal threshing is used in the
____Applied twice with commercial
activity
fertilizer regardless of the kind of soil
and variety. ____Foot Trampling method is used in
threshing paddy.
____Applied only once by commercial
fertilizer ____Beating to slots is used in threshing
paddy.
____not applied at all
Drying
For Soil Analysis
____Mechanical drier is used by farmers
____Consult the bureau of soil for soil
analysis ____Sun drying is used by the farmers

____Air drying is used by the farmers.

Marketing Channel

____The marketing channel is from producer consumer

____The marketing channel is from producer – rice-miller wholesaler-retailer consumer.

Farms Problems

The following items are common problems encounter by the farmers. Please answer them
by using a check mark.

Very Adequate Adequate Inadequate

Farm tools and
equipment
seeds
Fertilizers and
chemicals
 Farm laborers
Farm capital
Farm resources
Services of farm
technicians
Area of the farm
Knowledge of
scientific faming

Of the common farm problems, please rank them according to the degree of influence in your
farm as A, B, C, D, E and so on.

Common problems

___lack of farm tools and equipment ___difficulty in eradicating pest and disease

___high cost of seeds, fertilizers and other ___lack of knowledge of farming

chemicals
___The marketing channel is from producer-
___lack of farm laborers retailer-consumer.

___lack of farm capital