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

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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

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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