Research Questionnarie

Preceptions of farmers towards ensuring food security in the

current Covid-19 situation

Eight Semester Whole Class

B.Sc. (Hons.) Student – Agricultural Extension

Department of Agricultural Extension & Communication

PIR MEHR ALI SHAH ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY

RAWALPINDI

Under Supervision of
Dr. Muhammad Ali

The prime objective of this research is to determine the preceptions of farmers

towards ensuring food security in the current Covid-19 situation.

Section No. 1 Technical Questions

 Q. No. 1. What are your perceptions regarding attitude , subjective norms ,
Perceived Behavioral control, and intention under this situation of Covid-19.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about
attitude.
Attitude (Statements) S.D D U A S.A
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1) I am mentally ready to ensure food security even in the current Covid-19 1 2 3 4✓ 5
situation
2) I care my people so it is good to use mobile phone for agricultural marketing. 1 2 3 4✓ 5
3) I have positive attitude to ensure food security even in the current Covid-19 1 2 3✓ 4 5
situation
4) In my view, it is wise to ensure food security even in the current Covid-19 1 2 3 4✓ 5
situation.
5) To me we should continue to ensure food security even in the current Covid-19 1 2 3 4 5✓
situation
6) I think the government facilitates to ensure food security even in the current 1 2 3 4✓ 5
Covid-19 situation.
7) I am mentally ready to ensure food safety even in the current Covid-19 1 2 3 4✓ 5
situation

8) I am mentally ready to ensure food quality even in the current Covid-19 1 2 3 4✓ 5

situation
9) In my view, it is wise to ensure food availability even in the current Covid-19 1 2 3✓ 4 5
situation.
*Scale: 1= Strongly Disagree, 2= Disagree, 3= Uncertain, 4= Agree, 5= Strongly Agree.

Q. No. 2. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following

statements about attitude.
Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements regarding
Subjective Norms.

Subjective Norms (Statements) S.D D U A S.A

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1) The fellow farmers want me to ensure food security even in the 1 2 3 4✓ 5
current Covid-19 situation.
2) My village colleagues are likely to get disappointed if I stop ensuring 1 2 3 4✓ 5
food security even in the current Covid-19 situation.
3) People (fellow farmers) who are important to me think that I should 1 2 3 4 5✓
continue growing agriculture in order to ensure food security even in
the current Covid-19 situation..
4) People (fellow farmers) who influence my behavior realize that I have 1 2 3 ✓4 5
to ensure food availability even in the current Covid-19 situation.
5) People (fellow farmers) who are close to me think that I must learn 1 2 3 4 5✓
new agricultural marketing techniques to ensure food availability even
in the current Covid-19 situation.
6) I think mobile phone influence our behavior to use in proper 1 2 3 4✓ 5
 agricultural marketing even in the current Covid-19 situation.
7) I found that the people who use mobile phone have better access to 1 2 3✓ 4 5
agricultural markets in the current Covid-19 situation.
8) I would recommend others to promote food security even in the current 1 2 3✓ 4 5
Covid-19 situation.
9) People around me generally believe that mobile phone is useful in 1 2 3 4✓ 5
online marketing of agricultural products in the current Covid-19
situation.
10) I encourage other farmers to use mobile phone in agricultural 1 2 3✓ 4 5
marketing as it gives more profit especially in the current Covid-19
situation.
* Scale: 1= Strongly Disagree, 2= Disagree, 3= Uncertain, 4=Agree , 5= Strongly Agree

Q. No. 3. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following perceived bevioural
control based statements?
S. No. PBC 1 2 3 4 5
1 It is easy for me to ensure food security even in the current Covid-19 ✓
situation.
2 I have a control over ensuring food security even in the current Covid-19 ✓
situation.
3 It is easy to learn about food security even in the current Covid-19 ✓
situation.
4 Ensuring food security is my choice especially in the current Covid-19 ✓
situation.
5 Covid-19 has changed my attitude easily so ensuring food security is up ✓
to me.
6 I would find it easy to ensure food security even in the current Covid-19 ✓
situation.
7 It would be easy for me to become skillful at ensuring food security even ✓
in the current Covid-19 situation.
8 I am free to ensure food security because it creates sense of helping ✓
others easily.
Q. No. 4. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements
regarding Intention.

Intention (Statements) S.D D U A S.A

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1) I intend to ensure food security even in if there is Covid-19 situation. 1 2 3 4✓ 5
2) I foresee that in the next 6 months I would ensure food security even if 1 2 3 4✓ 5
the Corona pandemic persists.
3) I have intention to continue ensuring food availability even in the 1 2 3✓ 4 5
Corona pandemic.
4) If there is problem in food security, I will directly contact with 1 2 3 4✓ 5
extension field staff to help in solving the problem (s).
5) In order to attract farmers I would spend time to create awareness about 1 2 3✓ 4 5
food security.
6) It is likely that I would motivate my fellow farmers to use mobile phone 1 2 3 4✓ 5
or other digital techniques for agricultural marketing if there is
 worst Corona situation.
7) I want to provide quality oriented food so that our people would get 1 2 3 4✓ 5
healthy diet to become resistant against Covid 19 in the future.
8) I want to provide safe food so that our people would become resistant 1 2 3 4✓ 5
against Covid 19 in the future.
* Scale: 1= Strongly Disagree, 2= Disagree, 3= Uncertain, 4=Agree , 5= Strongly Agree

Section 2 : Socio-Demographic Profile of the respondents.

Please tick the appropriate column box and give answer as required.
1. Gender
Male ✓ Female
2. Areas (Province)
Punjab ✓ Sindh
KPK Balochistan
3. Residential Area
Rural Urban ✓
4. Name of the area (union council) miana mohala mianwali
5. Marital Status
Married UnMarried ✓
6. Annual income (Pak rupees) ------ 6,00,000
7. Age (in years) ---------- 24
8. Educational level ----- Mphil math
9. Family members ----------Six--------------
10. Land (in hectares) --------------------------------------------
11. Agriculture Crops (which crops do you grow?) ----------------------------
12. Experience in agriculture (in years)---------------------------------