IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERIES

AMONG THE RICE FARMERS IN LANAO DEL NORTE

QUESTIONNAIRE

Respondent no.: _______

NAME: _________________________________________

I. Instruction: Check the appropriate answer to the following question. If some questions require other answer, please specify.
PART 1
A. Demographic Profile
Age
Gender  Male  Female
Civil Status  Single  Married
Educational Background  Elementary  High School  College Level
 College Graduate  Others, please specify; _____________
B. Economic Profile
Primary Source of Income  Farming
 Government Employee
 Private Employee
 Supported by the immediate family/family member.
 Others, please specify; ______
Other source of income  Farming
 Government Employee
 Private Employee
 Supported by the immediate family/family member.
 Others, please specify;
C. Farm Profile
Total Area (ha); ___________
 Owner  Tenant  Lease Holder
Others, please specify; __________
D. Land Holding  Small (less than o.28 ha)
 Medium (0.28 to 1.60 ha)
 Large (more than 1.60 ha)
PART 2
Rent
Farmer’s Others,
Available Machineries Machinery Used Owned Private
Association please Amount for rental
Organization
(FA) specify;
 Four-wheel tractor  Four-wheel tractor
 Hand tractor  Hand tractor
 Floating tiller  Floating tiller
 PTO driven disk plow/harrow  PTO driven disk plow/harrow
 Walk-behind transplanter  Walk-behind transplanter
 Riding type transplanter  Riding type transplanter
 Rice combine harvester  Rice combine harvester
 Recirculating dryer  Recirculating dryer
 Impeller rice mill  Impeller rice mill
 Single pass rice mill  Single pass rice mill
 De stoner  De stoner
 Treaser  Treaser
 Mudboat  Mudboat
 Water Pump  Water Pump
 Mechanical Dryer  Mechanical Dryer
 Mechanical Miller  Mechanical Miller

Others, please specify:

 PART 3
BEFORE THE ACQUISITION OF AFTER THE ACQUISITION OF
QUESTIONS
FARM MACHINERIES FARM MACHINERIES
1. In your experience, which production does more harvest?
2. Which production incurs more expenses?
3. In terms of quality, which production has a good quality of rice?
4. Which production gains more net income?
5. Which production saves more time?
6. Which productivity incurs more expense in terms of labor?

QUESTIONS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1. Farm machineries has a big impact in rice production.
2. Farm machineries farm work faster.
3. Farm machineries reduce cost in rice farming.
4. Farm machineries reduce drudgery in rice farming.
5. Farm machineries increase production
6. Farm machineries accessible in the area/locality.
7. I will recommend the rice farming to use farm machineries.

Legend:
1- Strongly Disagree 2- Disagree 3- Somewhat Disagree 4- Either Agree or Disagree 5- Somewhat Agree 6- Agree 7- Strongly Agree

WITHOUT USING MACHINERIES USING MACHINERIES

FARM ACTIVITIES
Costing Days/Hours Costing Days/Hours
 Land Preparation
-plowing
-harrowing
-Leveling the field
Seeding/transplanting
 Irrigation
 Harvesting
 Drying
 Threshing
 Milling
 Transplanting
PART 4
CHALLENGES IN USING THE FARM MACHINERIES YES NO
Lack of information in operating farm machines
Lack of technical experts on the operation of farm machines
The repair and maintenance of farm machines are costly
The fuel price is expensive
Lack of operators during the operation
Unavailability of machineries during field operation
Unavailability of spare parts in the local area
Others, please specify:

OPPORTUNITIES IN USING THE FARM MACHINERIES YES NO

Training on operating the machineries for :
Four-wheel tractor
Hand tractor
Floating tiller
PTO driven disk plow/harrow
Walk-behind transplanter
Riding type transplanter
Rice combine harvester
Recirculating dryer
Impeller rice mill
Single pass rice mill
De stoner
Treaser
Mudboat
Water Pump
Others, please specify:

Other opportunity (ies)