NABARD Study 2017-18

Understanding changes in ecosystem of farmers’ households in select villages of Vidarbha

Village Questionnaire

District: Block: Village: GS: GP:

1. Village Economy:

Characteristics Current year 30 years ago Remarks

Total area of land (acre) Price/acre:
Agricultural land (acre)
Residential land (acre)
Common ‘shamlat’ land (acre)
Irrigated land (acre)
Rain-fed land (acre)
Mode of artificial irrigation:
Total no. of households (HHs) in village:
No. of landless/tenant HHs
No. of land-owning HHs:
Marginal FHHs <2.5 acres (No.)
Small FHHs 5 acres (No.)
Big FHHs >5 acres (No.)
Main occupation of village (majority)
Subsidiary occupations of village
Main occupation of landless HHs
Subsidiary occupations of landless HHs
Crops sown in village:
Crop-1: Acre x yield
Crop-2: Acre x yield
Crop-3: Acre x yield
Crop-4: Acre x yield
Crop-5: Acre x yield
Crop-6: Acre x yield
Crop-7: Acre x yield
Area leased per year (acre)
Area sold per year (acre)
Land price (Rs./acre)
Land rent (Rs./acre)
Share tenancy: Terms & conditions
No. of tenant FHHs
Share rent (% of produce)
Private farm assets owned in village: Value:
No. of tractors
No. of trollies
No. of iron ploughs
No. of bullocks
Accessories (harrow, tawi, leveler, etc.)
No. of threshers
No. of fodder cutters
No. of small implements & type
No. of livestock/cattle:
Cows/buffaloes
Ox/bullock
Goats/sheep/ poultry

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 Characteristics Current year 30 years ago Remarks
Farming system:
No. of pure commercialized FHHs
No. of self-subsistence FHHs
No. of semi-commercialized FHHs
Farm production in village (annual)
Crop-1:
Crop-2:
Crop-3:
Crop-4:
Crop-5:
Crop-6:
Crop-7:
Farm (crop/food) consumption within family: Quantity/Value:
Crop-1:
Crop-2:
Crop-3:
Crop-4:
Crop-5:
Crop-6:
Crop-7:
Marketed surplus in village (annual): Quantity/Value:
Crop-1:
Crop-2:
Crop-3:
Crop-4:
Crop-5:
Crop-6:
Crop-7:
Total milk quantity in village (annual): Quantity/Value:
Production
Consumption
Sold
Total meat & poultry in village (annual) Quantity/Value:
Production
Consumption
Sold
Resource supply in village: Details:
Electric power (farm)
Electric power (HHs)
Diesel/petrol pump
Supplies to manage calamity (drought/ flood)
Economic strength/ assets of village: No. & Value:
No. of pucca houses
No. of bank saving account-holder HHs
Total savings
Total fixed deposits
No. of 2-wheelers & value
No. of 4-wheelers & value
No. of NFS/industrial units & investment
No. of trade/shop/business units & investment
Other assets of HHs:

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2. Village Society/ Social Relations

Characteristics Current year 30 years ago Remarks

Castes:
No. of Dalit / SC HHs
No. of ST HHs
No. of OBC HHs
No. of General Caste HHs
Land owned by castes:
Dalit / SC HHs (acre)
ST HHs (acre)
OBC HHs (acre)
General Caste HHs (acre)
Farming main occupation of castes:
Dalit / SC HHs (No.)
ST HHs (No.)
OBC HHs (No.)
General Caste HHs (No.)
Govt. Service as main/subsidiary occupation:
Dalit / SC HHs (No.)
ST HHs (No.)
OBC HHs (No.)
General Caste HHs (No.)
Gender relations in agriculture:
% women engaged in farming
% women farmers owning land title
Gender relations (economic freedom):
% women employed in service
% women self-employed in small business

3. Village Demographic & Human Resources

Characteristics Current year 30 years ago Remarks

Total population of village (no.)
Literacy (%): M & F
No. of youths (>18 years):
Male
Female
No. of graduates (& above educated):
Male
Female
No. of technical/professional educated:
Male
Female
No. of youths migrated to city for service:
Male
Female
No. of youths took-up/continued farming:
Male
Female
No. of youths in non-farm business/trade in city:
Male
Female
No. of youths migrated for casual labor in city:

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Female

4. Village Infrastructure, Services, Basic Facilities

Characteristics Current year 30 years ago Remarks

TELECOM: Nature of service
No. of mobile phones in village
No. of internet connections in village
Internet cafe in village
Connectivity (phone/internet) is poor/good
Mobile tower installed in/near village: Yes/no
AGRI-EXTENSION: Nature of service
KVK Center nearest location (km)
Ever read Standard Package of Practices (SPOP)?
Farmers’ Club expert talk service
Advice from pesticide dealer
Other sources to access new agri-technologies?
Repair shops/clinics (ACABC) in village (No.)

Custom-hiring service (harvester, tractor, combine)

Veterinary health center (km)

Patwari office (to assess crop damage)
Crop insurance agent/agency (to assess crop loss)
ROAD CONNECTIVITY & TRANSPORT:
Road connecting village with nearest town
Road connecting village with Block/district HQ
Road connecting village with nearby villages
Road connecting village with district/state road
Road connecting village with agri- spot market
Internal road in village
Bridge, culvert, etc.
Bus transport system
Other passenger transport system
Goods transport system
EDUCATION, SKILLS, EMPLOYMENT: Details:
School
College
Training institutes (ITI / Polytechnic)
Skill institutes (private/ govt.)
University/ professional college
Agricultural University
Graduate & above educated youths (%)
Skilled youths (%)
Types of skills developed in village:

Employments/professions in village: unorganized/

organized

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 Characteristics Current year 30 years ago Remarks
PUBLIC HEALTH & DRINKING WATER: Details:
Village dispensary
Maternity service (km)
Hospital / nursing home distance (km)
Village private clinics
Village medical shops
Safe drinking water system
Coverage of HHs with drinking water (%)
VILLAGE CONSUMER GOODS SHOPS: Details:
Grocery shops (no.)
Other goods shops (no.)

Liquor shop (no.)

PDS fair price ration shops (no.)
Village input shops
Other outlets (no.)
VILLAGE PEOPLE’S INSTITUTIONS: Details:
Gram Sabha (GS)
PACS
SHG
JLG
FC
FPO
Forest Protection Committee (FPC)
Watershed Development/Users Committee
Community Resource Persons (CRPs) -- NRLM
Volunteers
Others
COMMON NATURAL RESOURCES:
Village pond
Canal
River and spring/nallah
Hill/ forest/ pasture
Watershed
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE/ FACILITIES Details:
Weather station
Drinking water tank/piped water supply
Internal/street roads
Culverts
Drains
Community center
Flood protection works/bunds
Storage/godown
APMC’s produce purchase center
Cattle trade site
Playground
Others
AGRO-PROCESSING & OTHER FACILITY Details:
No. of units in village
No. of units near village
Source of basic raw material supply
No. of other industrial/ manufacturing/ packaging units
Employment of villagers in above units (No.)

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 Characteristics Current year 30 years ago Remarks
FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE/ FACILITY/ Details:
BURDEN
No. of bank branches
No. of ATMs
No. of mobiles with internet connection
No. (%) of HHs having JDY account
No. of HHs’ credit access to bank branch
No. of village moneylenders
No. of indebted HHs (of moneylenders) & amount
No. of defaulter HHs (of banks) & amount
Total saving deposits in bank branches
Total fixed deposits in bank branches
No. of SHGs
Total SHG loans
Total SHG savings
No. of villagers committed suicide (debt induced)

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5. Views of Villagers on:

Cultivation

AH/ Dairy/ Poultry units

Processing Units

Artisan/ Crafts/ Weaver/ Handloom/ Power-loom occupations

Subsistence farming vs. commercial cash-crop farming

Private entitlement/ownership of land

Independent individual vs. producers’ company/ cooperative

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Bank loan

Moneylender’s loan

Surplus produce for market

Food security (subsistence farming based vs. global market based)

Need for cash / money/ currency

Exit from farming

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Genuine freedom & control over situation: How is it possible?

Family experiencing joy in farming?

Mental stress in farming?

How coping with mental stress?

Free access to nature’s resources

Village Institutions

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Govt. Institutions/ Offices

Future of family farming

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