MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

NAME: EDITOR KAPOTWE

S/N: 201800707
PROGRAM: BScEstu iii
COURSE: ATTACHMENTS 2
COSE CODE: ANR 303
INTRODUCTION

My name is Editor Kapotwe a third-year student at Mulungushi University pursuing a

bachelor’s degree in environmental science.

I would like to ask you a few questions about your farming activities carried out on your farm,
this is going to help me in my case study of comparing the practices taken by a farmer by
profession and a farmer whose been farming all his life.

Name of respondent:

Name of the farm/company:

Local name of farm:

Signature:

QUETIONARE

1. Name of the farmer………………

2. What is your position at the farm? ..........................
3. Category of farmer? ..........................
4. What is your profession? ……………………..
5. If not are you a retired farmer that has been farming all his life?.................................
6. What is the local name of your farm? ……………….
7. Was any assessment done for the suitability of specific crop?
8. What farming activity do you practice?
 Animal production
 Crop production
 More than one
9. If more than one farming activities what are these farming
activities? ....................................................
10. How are they managed simultaneously?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
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11. What do you add to the soil before planting crops?
12. What prevention methods are used in order to protect
…………………………………………..............................
13. Do you use herbicides? ……………….. If not what do you use to control weeds?
………………………………………………
14. Do you spray your crops for pest and diseases? ………….if not how do you control
them? .........................................
15. Do you add any synthetic petrochemicals based fertilizers to food your crops?
………………if not what do you use? …………………
16. Where does water come from that you use on crops? ……………and how do you know
the quality of water? ……………
17. Have you tested your soil for heavy metals and pollutants? ……………
18. How do you control fertilizer run-off into local water ways and erosion on your farm?
……………..
19. Do you have areas set aside for local wildlife on your farm? ……………..
20. Do you have native revegetation area on your farm? ………..
21. Do you provide safe bee forage on your farm by avoiding spraying pesticides on flowers?
………….
22. Where does rubbish go on your farm and do you recycle? ………..
23. Do you have labors for waste management after harvest? ………..
24. What are the main plastic items do you use and are they single use? …………….
25. What hygiene practices do you use when picking and packing food on your farm?
…………….
26. If use of mechanical techniques what equipment’s do you really use on each level of
managing crops?
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27. What do you use when weeding? .......................................
28. What other inputs do you use and what level of the crop? ..........................
29. How much do you normally invest at your farm annually? ……………………
30. How consistent are you with the production at the farm?
31. How do you stole chemicals and seeds to prevent them from been damaged before
application? …………….
32. Do you have animals on your farm and are they kept separate from cropping area?
…………………
33. What kind of animals?…………………………………………………………………
34. Do you use animals to help you with crop production farming? ………
35. What do you use the animal dung for?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
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36. What techniques and methods do you employ on the farm to ensure land utilization
37. how do you increase production while maintaining environmental sustainability and not
causing harm to future resources as well as not causing any form of climate change)?
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38. What measures have you implemented to mitigate climate change?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
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39. How have the effects of climate change affected your farming activity?
………………………………………………………..
40. Do you ever encounter losses? …………..or is it consistent revenue coming in?
41. How do you market your agricultural produce?

Signature of the person being interviewed…………..second person……………..

Phone number…………………..and Email address…………

Thank you so much for being so helpful have a good day.