Namaste I am Ashmita Bhatta from Agriculture and Forestry University currently pursuing

Masters of Science in Agriculture Economics. Following is a questionnaire in the context of my

research. The purpose of this questionnaire survey is to assess economics of wheat seed
production in wheat zone region. I would like to ask you to provide accurate information to
incorporate real fact in my research. Please feel free to give answers and I promise you that it is
for research purpose only and responses will be kept completely confidential.
Respondent no: ………. Date: ………………
Respondent Signature: ………………
Mobile No:
A. Personal Information
Name of HH head: Gender: Age:
Name of the respondent: Gender: Age:
1. What is your Ethnicity?
a. Bramhin b. Chettri c. Madheshi d. Tharu e. Janjati f. Dalit

2. What is your Religion?

a. Hindu b. Buddhist c. Christian d. others (please specify)

3. Address: …………………………………………….

4. Years of schooling:
5. What is your educational qualification?
a. Illiterate b. primary level c. lower secondary level c. secondary level d.
Higher Secondary e. University level

6. Family members
S.N. Name Age Sex Education Occupation Annual income

7. What is your main occupation?

a. Agriculture b. Trade c. Industry d. Services e. Daily wages f. Others (Please
specify………………………………………)
8. No. of family member abroad…………. Remittance……………per year
9. What is your total annual family Income? …………………………………………..
10. What is your annual family expenditure? ………………………………………..
 B. Agriculture

1 How much land do you have?

Detail of land(Kattha) Unirrigated Irrigated Total land
Area Area Area
Total owned land area
Agricultural land
Wheat cultivated land area
Leased in /Adhiya land area
Leased out/Adhiya land area

2 Livestock Holding
Livestock Cow Buffalo Goat Poultry Others
Number
Note: two Younger ones equal to one
3 What type of farming do you follow?
a. Rain fed ( ) b. partially irrigated ( ) c. Irrigated ( )
4 Are you involved in any Agriculture groups/ Co-operatives?
a. Yes (Please specify…………………………………………) b. No

C. Seed production
1. What type of seed production do you carry out?
a. Formal ( ) b. Informal ( )
2. In how much area do you carryout seed production?
S.N. Variety Label of seed Area Total production

3. Do you know technical meaning of seed?

a) yes b) No
If yes, how do you come to know about it?…………………………..

4. Why did you start seed production?

Reasons Rank
a. Following the tradition
 b. Easier
c. Higher income
d. Increasing market access
e. Technical backup from GOs, I/NGOs

5. What are the problems you have encountered in accessing inputs required?

S.N. Types of inputs used Problems(use code) 1. Unavailability

1 Improved /source seed 2. Remoteness of site

2 Fertilizers/Pesticides/herbicides 3. Costly

3 Farm implements 4.Lack of quality

4 Others(specify) 5. Others (specify)

6. What is the average cost of seed production per Hectare?

S Particular Unit Quantit Rs/ Total

N y Unit

A Fixed Cost

1 Land kattha

2 Equipments( Depreciation
)

2.1 Kuto Number

2.2 Kodalo Number

2.3 Mini tiller Number

2.4 sickles

2.5 Others…..
 Total Fixed Cost

B Variable Cost

1 Seed Kilogram

2 Farm Yard Manure Doko

3 Chemical fertilizers

a. Urea

b. DAP

c. Potash

d. Micro-nutrients

4 Pesticides

Insecticides

Herbicides

5 Manpower

5.1 Bullock labor man-days,

5.2 Land preparation Man - day

5.3 Manuring Man - days,

5.4 Sowing Man-days

5.5 Fertilizer man-days

5.6 Irrigation man-days,

5.7 Weeding man-days,

5.8 Harvesting man-days

5.9 Threshing Man-hour,

Storage

6 Machinery cost

6.1 Threshing Hour

6.2 Irrigation Number-

 Hour

6.3 Tillage Number-

Hour

6.4 Combine harvester

7 Miscellaneous

C Total Variable cost

D Total Cost

7. Field inspection and roughing.

No. of field Cost (man-day) Parameter Personnel Remark

inspection & considered involved
roughing

8. What are the total returns per hectare?

SN Particular Unit Quantity Rs/Unit Total Sale

1 Seed
2 By products
Total Income
9. Who is your input (seed, fertilizer, manure, packaging materials) suppliers?

 Seed: a. self b. DADO c. Any organizations(NGO/INGOS) d. PMAMP

project e) Private sector
 Fertilizer: a. self b. DADO c. Any organizations(NGO/INGOS) d. PMAMP project
e)Private sector
  Manure: a. self b. DADO c. Any organizations(NGO/INGOS) d. PMAMP project e)
Private sector
 Packaging Material: a. self b. DADO c. Any organizations (NGO/INGOS) d. PMAMP
project e) private sector
 Other input and suppliers( please specify):
10. Are you satisfied with the production?

a. Strongly satisfied b. moderately satisfied c. Undecided d. Moderately

unsatisfied e. Strongly unsatisfied
11. How seed production can be improved? Give some suggestion.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………….

D. Marketing

1. Mode of selling
a) Contract selling b) Non-contract selling
If non contract selling to whom do you sell your product?

Wholesalers Collectors Local traders

2. Where do you sell your product?

a. Local area b. India c. Government institution d. Other markets (Please specify…………..)

3. What is the Marketing Channel of your commodity?
a) Farmers Pre-Harvest Contractors Wholesalers Retailers
consumer
b) Farmers Wholesalers Retailers Consumers
c) Farmers Collector Wholesalers Retailers
Consumers
d) Farmers Processors Consumers
e) Farmers Consumers

4. What are the means of packaging during transporting the products?

a. Gunny bags b. Plastic sack c. Basket d. others (specify…………….……)

5. Who carryouts packaging process? .........................................

6. Total cost of packaging…………..

 7. What are the quality parameters that buyer consider while selling your product?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………

8. How do you transport products from the field to the market, and what does it cost and
who is involved?
Transport means No. of Involved personnel Total costs
Hire labor
Vehicle
Others

9. Are there any service providers from which you can have any kind of support?
Yes No
If yes,
Institution Information About new How to use and About Other ( Please
about technologies maintain input factors processing specify)
product price and methods (e.g. equipments) method

a. Government
b. NGO/INGO
c. Private company
d. Community
member

10. Do you perform any kind of processing? a. Yes ( ) b. No ( )

If yes, what are the different forms of processing you perform?
……………………………………………………………
11. Total cost of processing……………
E. Ranking of problems

1. What are the production constraints of seed production? Please rank them 1-5.
Production Problems Rank
1. Disease/Insect/ problem
2. Scarcity of irrigation water
 3. Lack of quality inputs
4. Natural Hazards
5. Others (please specify….
…………………………………………………………)

2. What are the constraints for commercial seed marketing? Rank them 1-5.
Causes Rank
Access to market
Access to input supply
Technical support
Work schedule
Illiteracy

3. Do you have access to agricultural services and facilities?

Agricultural services and facilities Yes No
Extension services
Credit facilities
4. What would be your recommendation to concerned stakeholders regarding researches
and extension to enhancing wheat seed production?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
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