QUESTIONNAIRE

“Farmer’s attitude towards the farmer producer organization in

Banaskantha District”

Objective 1: To Study the Socio-economic profile of farmer of Banaskantha

District.

1. Gender of the Respondents

 Male
 Female
2. Age of the Respondents
 Below 30 Years
 31-40 Years
 41-50 Years
 51-60 Years
 Above 60 Years
3. Marital Status
 Unmarried
 Married
 widow
4. Types of family of Respondents
 Joint
 Nuclear
5. Education level of the Respondents
 Illiterate
 Primary
 SSC
 HSC
 Graduation/PG
6. Landholdinging of the Respondents
 Marginal (below 1ha.)
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  Small (1 to 2 ha.)
 Large (More than 2 ha.)
7. Annual income of the Respondents
 20,000-50,000
 50,000-1,00,000
 1,00,000-2,00,000
 More than 2,00,000
8. Occupation of the Respondents
 Agri + Service
 Agri + Business
 Agri + Retired
 Only Agri activity

Objective 2: To Study the Attitude of farmers towards the FPO.

S.A = Strongly agree, A = Agree, N = Neutral, D.A = Disagree, S.D.A = Strongly Disagree

Sr Particular SA A N D SDA
No. 1 2 3 A 5
4
1 Small and marginal farmers get encouragement for doing farming as a
professional business due to the farmer’s producer organization.
2 Scientific cultivation information provided by the FPO is up to date.
3 Farmers can purchase inputs conveniently due to FPO.
4 The capacity of the farmers to sell and market agricultural products has
increased due to FPO.
5 Farmers receive good profits due to the common sale of their agricultural
produce by FPOs.
6 The capacity of the farmers to sell agricultural products has increased due to
FPOs.
7 Farmers’ producer organization is a good concept for the development of
small and marginal farmers.
8 The income of Farmers increases by joining the FPO.
9 Farmers get a better price by selling their products through FPO.
10 FPOs help to Improve Profit for Farmers
11 All farmers are treated with Equality.
12 FPO Functions Democratically.
13 There is no Political Involvement in FPO.
14 FPO Accepts Farmer’s Suggestions.
15 FPO conducts meetings democratically and regularly.
16 FPO Provides Better Marketing Opportunities.
17 FPO Improves knowledge of Grading, Sorting, and Value Addition among
the Farmers.
18 FPO has a mutual Relationship with Traders.
19 The decision is FPO is taken in the knowledge of Farmers.
20 FPO increases overhead charges.

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21 Peer Pressure affects the functioning of FPO
22 FPO Activities are not as per member needs.
23 FPO provides Training for Better cultivation practices.
24 There is better communication between farmers and FPOs.
25 FPOs makes way for easy access to the subsidy.

Objective 4: To Study the constraints faced by the farmers and Provide

suggestions for overcoming the constraints.

S.A = Strongly agree, A = Agree, N = Neutral, D.A = Disagree, S.D.A = Strongly Disagree

Sr.N Constraints SA A N DA SDA

o 1 2 3 4 5
1 Inadequate Financial Assistance
2 Poor Management Practices
3 Lack of training and awareness
programs
4 Poor Price mechanism
5 Inadequate variety of input
supplies
6 Poor Storage facility
7 Inadequate farm implements
8 Poor sorting and grading
9 Poor Transportation
10 Inconvenient operating hours

Please give Your Suggestion

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