Debre Markos University
College of Business and Economics
Department of Economics
Questionnaires
This semi-structured questionnaire is prepared to collect data concerning Determinants of
Adoption of Improved Maize Bh540 Variety Among Smallholder Farmer: The Case of
Burie Zuria Woreda, West Gojjam Zone Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. It
will be carried out for the partial fulfillment of Masters’ degree in Development
Economics and it is conducted purely for academic purposes.
Dear respondents, the result of this study will be helpful to different stakeholders and
policy makers in designing mechanism for sustainable Adoption of Improved Maize
Bh540 Variety in the future. Therefore, you are kindly request to provide your genuine
responses to the sets of questions included in the questionnaires. Choice your response
from the given alternative. All your responses will be kept confidential.
General description
Name of the Kebele ____________
Date of Enumeration ___________
I. Demographic characteristics
1. Sex of the respondant: A. Male B. Female
2. Marital Status: A. Married B. Single
3. Educational level: A. Literate B. Illiterate
4. Age of the respondent _________
5. How many people are currently living in your household _________.
II. Asset ownership
1. Do you have own farmland. A. Yes B. No
2. If yes, how many hectares of land do you have? _____
3. What is your annual income? ETB…………………...
III. Institutional and Socio-economic characteristics
1. Is you adopter of improved maize seed (BH504) verities? A. Yes B. No
2. Do you have regular access to fertilizers for your farming activities?
A. Yes B. No
3. How would you describe your attitude toward farmers adopting new improved
seed methods? A. Positive B. Negative
4. Do you have access to marketing information? A. yes B.
No
5. What mode of media are your sources of information?
A. Radio B. TV C. Public meeting D. Neighbors
E. If other specify……………………………………...
6. Is there Farmers training center in your residential area? A. Yes B. No
7. Do you have access to training? A. Yes B. No
8. If your answer for question number 8 is yes, how often the farmers’ training held.
A. Weekly B. Monthly C. Quarterly D. once in 6
months
9. Do you use farm input credit service? A. Yes B. No
10. Sources of borrowing: A. Cooperative B. Private trader C. relatives/ friends
11. Sources of farm input: A. Cooperative B. Private company C. others
specify……...
12. How far is the nearest farmers’ market from your home (in kilometers)?
_________
13. Reasons for selecting the above sources of input;
A. Better market price C. Nearness
B. Better market service D. other specify ……………………...
14. For what purpose did you obtain the loan?
A. For primary basic needs D. For Medicine
B. For School fee E. Investment
C. For input, purchase F. To pay back loans
Other (specify)__________
15. Do you have fertilizer access? A. yes B. no
16. If your answer in number 14 is yes, how much fertilizer used annually? In kg____
17. years of experience in farming ----------------------------------
18. What Types of farming activities that you engaged
A. On-farm
B. Off-farm
C. Mixed farming D. If other (specify) …………….
19. The type and number of livestock you own
Type No(current) Estimated value in ETB in 2023/24
Oxen
Cows
Goat
Donkeys
Sheep
Chickens/
hens
20. Annual income generated from sale of different sources
Type Estimated value in ETB in 2023/24
Crop income
Livestock income
Off-farm income
IV. Focus group discussion questions
1. What are the methods used to encourage and inform people to be adopter of
improved Maize Bh540 Variety?
2. What are the main factors affecting Adoption of Improved Maize Bh540
Variety?
3. What are the challenges that discourage people to Adoption of Improved
Maize Bh540 Variety?
4. How do you express the changes in Adoption of Improved Maize Bh540
Variety?
Thank you very much for your cooperation!
The Researcher
