Agricultural Economics Survey 2009-2010
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Cephas J. B. SamwiniAgricultural Economics Survey 2009-2010
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Cephas J. B. SamwiniKWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND FARM MANAGEMENT
PROJECT WORK 2009-2010 ACADEMIC YEAR
QUESTIONAIRES FOR MATERIAL COLLECTION
Date of interview:…………………………………………………
1. Name of Respondent:……………………………………………………………………….
2. Age: …………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. Gender: a. Male b. Female
4. Marital status:
a. Single b. Married c. Separated d. Divorced e. Widowed
5. Household Size:……………………………….
6. Educational Background.
a. No education b. Primary c. JSS d. SSS/SHS
e. Middle School Leaving Certificate f. Tertiary g. Technical/ Vocational
h. Others………………………………………………………………
7. Do you have any other income earning occupation in addition to farming?
8. What percentage of your monthly income does this additional occupation contribute?
9. Average monthly income (GH⊄………………0…………..p)
10. Average annual income (GH¢………….0…….p)
11. At which time of the year do you attain your highest income?
12. How is your production cycle like?
13. How long do you usually stay on the farm at each point in the production cycle?
14. Total area of land currently under cultivation:………………………
15. How do you prepare the land for cultivation?
Mechanical b. Manual
A. If mechanical: What is the source of agricultural machinery and equipment used for your farm
operations.
a. Own b. Private hiring services c. MOFA services d. other (specify)
………………………………..
B. If Manual: What is the source of labour for your farm operations?
a. Operator labour b. Family labour c. Hired labour
7. What are some of the cultural practices you undertake on your farm?
a. Weeding b. Fertilizer / manure application c. Other…………………..
8. At what times in the production cycle do you perform these cultural practices?
9. At what time of the production cycle do you have your biggest yield?
a. February to June (major season) b. August to December (minor season)
10. How often do you fall sick during the production cycle?
11. What are some of the diseases you mostly encounter?
12. How many times in the production year do you have malaria attacks?
13. When you have malaria, how many days are you not able to go to the farm?
21. When you have malaria where do you usually seek treatment?
22. Are you registered on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)?
a. Yes b. No
23. If No, how much does it cost you to treat the malaria?
Hospital Pharmacist/Chemical Herbalist Other
seller
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