Interview Schedule FARMER
PADDY MARKERTING IN THANJAVUR DISTRICT
I.
Identification data
1.
Name of the Respondent
2.
Address
3.
Age
4.
Sex
5.
Education
II. Household details
S.
No
Relation
Name
with
Sex Age
Educational Marital
HHs.
status
Status
Occupation
Primary Secondary
3. Social status
SC
ST
BC
Sub caste:
4. Type of the family and household:
5. Land holding particulars
Joint / Nuclear
OC
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6. Land holding details
Ownership pattern
Owned
Leased
Leased
Total operational
out
in
area
7. Cropping pattern, production and stock position of paddy and food grains in
the previous year:
8.
Cropping pattern
Production
Value in Rs.
Kuruvai
Samba
Thaladi
9.
Stock of paddy
Quantity
Value in Rs
Kuruvai
Samba
Thaladi
10. Area cultivation
Season
Acres
Kuruvai
Samba
Taladi
11. Whether crop rotation system is followed: Yes / No
If yes, types of crop
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12. Whether inter-crop cultivation is: Yes / No
If yes, types of crop
13. Variety of paddy
Types
Area cultivation
Quantity
Value in Rs.
IR-20
Pooni
CR-1009
DK-Mani
Others
14. Other cultivation Cost
15. Constraints experienced by the farmers
Types
1.
Intermediaries
2.
Measurement
3.
Storage
4.
Transportation
5.
Lack of knowledge
6.
Lack of market information
7.
Lack of communication facilities
8.
Uncertainty in price
9.
Moisture conditions
10.
Delay payment
11.
Credit sales
Ranking
xiii
Interview Schedule TRADER
PADDY MARKETING IN THANJAVUR DISTRICT
1.
Name
2.
Address
3.
Age
4.
Sex
5.
Education
6.
Sole Trader / Partnership
7.
Category of the trader
Wholesaler
8.
Experience in Business
9.
Source of borrowing
Name of the
Agency
Retailer
Amount
Rice Miller
Period
Interest rate
Bank credit
Private loan
Trade credit
10.
Agency from whom bought
Producer
Contractors
Other traders
11. Do you specialize in a particular variety of paddy: Yes / No
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12. If yes, give reasons
a.
Increased Demand
b.
Continuous supply
c.
Other reasons
13. Frequency of purchase
14. Sales
15. Annual sales in the previous financial year :
16. Constraints experienced by the traders
Types
1.
Finance
2.
Competition
3.
Distant market
4.
Procurement and other expenses
5.
Credit
6.
Govt. regulations
7.
Market instability
8.
Price fluctuation
Ranking
xv
Interview Schedule Institutional Agency
PADDY MARKETING IN THANJAVUR DISTRICT
1.
Name of the Institution
: Government Private
2.
How long paddy buying is conducted?
3.
Whether the found of the institution is used to :
pay the farmers?
4.
If yes, how much money is used for this :
purpose
5.
Whether there is dependence on the trader of the :
distant market
6.
If so, to what extent?
7.
Whether the arrival is regular
8.
State the number of traders participating in the :
commission agents
9.
Season of increased arrival
10. State the number of farmers selling their paddy :
regularly through the
11. Whether payment to the farmer is made :
immediately after commission
12. If not, time taken to Settle the amount due to the :
farmer
13. Whether the sale trough commission agent is :
made on credit
Yes
No
14. If yes, state the period of credit allowed to the :
traders
Yes
No
15. Whether there is any overdue from the traders :
who bought on credit
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16. State the reason from farmers preference to sell :
through your
a.
Nearness
b.
Quality of Service
17. Whether membership fee is collected from the :
farmers
18. If yes, state the percentage
Yes
19. Is there any increase or decrease in the arrival of :
paddy bags
20. If so, give reason
21. Others
22. Constraints experienced by the Institutional :
Agency
Types
1.
Govt. regulations
2.
Price fluctuations
3.
Competition
4.
Others
Ranking
No