DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND INFORMATION

SYSTEM

SHER-E-BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

DHAKA-1207
An interview schedule for a research work entitled-
“FARMERS’ KNOWLEDGE ON ADAPTIVE MEASURES TO CLIMATE CHANGE
IN WHEAT CULTIVATION: FROM SELECTED AREA OF BANGLADESH”

Serial No…………….
Respondent Name:
Village:
Union:
Upazila:
District:
Please provide information on the following aspects:
1. Age:
What is your present age? ................. Years
2. Education:
What is the level of your education?
a. Illiterate……….
b. Can sign only …………
c. I studied up to class ………
d. I passed ................... examination
3. Please mention the number of your family member:
……………………………members (including yourself)
4. Farm size (Please mention your farm size):

Basis of Amount of farmers

Category land (acres)
SL. NO. Categorization
(acres)
1. Landless 0
2. Marginal 0.01-1
3. Low 1.01-5
4. Medium 5.01-20
5. High above 20
5. Annual Family income : Please state the income of your family during last one year :

1. Income from agricultural Source of income Total price (taka)

SL. No.
source
i. Income from crops 1. Field crops
a) Rice
b) Jute
c) Maize
d) Wheat
e) Pulse
f) Others
2. Vegetables
3. Fruits
ii. Income from livestock and 1. Livestock
fisheries 2. Poultry
3. Fisheries
2. Income from 1. Service
non-agricultural sources
2. Business
3. Others
Total: ( 1+2)

6. Wheat cultivation area: Mention the area you have used for wheat cultivation?
…………….acre/ bigha/ pakhi....................................hectares

7. Training Exposure: Have you participated any training program on wheat cultivation?
Yes……………../ No… ............... If yes, furnishes the following information:

SL. No. Name of Training Organization Duration Organizer Training

Course (days) year
1
2
3
8. Knowledge on wheat Cultivation: Please answer the following questions:

SL. Questions Full Obtained

NO. Marks Marks
1. Which type of land is suitable for wheat cultivation? 2
2. Mention two modern wheat varieties? 2
3. What is the proper sowing time of wheat seed? 2
4. What is the proper sowing method of modern wheat varieties? 2
5. What is the seed rate kg/ha for modern wheat cultivation? 2
6. How many times irrigation is needed for wheat cultivation? 2
7. How can you increase soil fertility? 2
8. After how many days of sowing you should complete gap 2
filling or thinning out?
9. Mention the rate of fertilizer per ha is needed in wheat 2
cultivation?
10. What is the importance of applying balance fertilizer in wheat? 2
11. How do you control insect & pest in wheat field? 2
12. After how many days of sowing the first irrigation is required? 2
13. Mention two chemicals for wheat blast treatment? 2
14. Mention two diseases of wheat? 2
15. Mention the name of a pesticide for wheat seed treatment? 2
16. Mention the symptom of blast diseases of wheat? 2
17. How do you control blast diseases in wheat field? 2
18. Mention two important crops that can be used in 2
intercropping with wheat?
19. What is the suitable time of harvesting wheat? 2
20. What is the best method for seed storing? 2
21. How can you test optimum moister content for wheat seed 2
storage?
22. Why wheat cultivation is decreasing day by day? 2
Total 44

9. Extension media contact: Please indicate the extent of contact with the following
communication media:

SL. Name of Extent of contact

NO. information Regularly Frequently Occasionally Rarely Not
sources (4) (3) (2) (1) at all
(0)
1. Model farmers
 2. Input dealers

3. NGO workers

4. Sub Assistant
Agricultural
Officer(SAAO)
5. Scientific
officer of
BARI
6. Participation
in group
meeting
7. Listening
agricultural
program on
radio
8. Watching
agricultural
program on
TV
9. Reading
printed
materials like
leaflet, bulletin

10. Cosmopoliteness : Please mention the extent of visit in specific place for a specific period

SL. Extent of contact

NO. Place of visit Regularly Frequently Occasionally Rarely Not
at all
(4) (3) (2) (1)
(0)
1. Other village

2. Local Market
3. Own Union
Parishad
 4. Own Upazilla
Headquarter
5. Other Upazilla

6. Own district
town
7. Other district

8. Capital
(per year)

11. Credit Received:

Did you receive any credit from any sources? ------------------- Yes / No
If yes, please mention the sources of receiving credit and the amount of credit received

SL. NO. Sources of credit Amount of credit (Tk.)

1 NGOs
2 Banks
3 Money lenders
4 Friends
5 Neighbors
6 Relatives
7 Others

12. Innovativeness:

SL. No Types of Regularly Frequently Occasionally Rarely Not at

Innovativeness all
1 Precision
agriculture
2 Climate forecast
3 Use of drones
for monitoring
4 Soil health
Management
5 Advanced
irrigation
techniques
6 Others
 13. Access to Climate Information

SL.NO. Climate Regularly Frequently Occasionally Rarely Not at

Information all
1 Drought
2 Flooding
3 Pest and
disease
infestation
4 Temperature
fluctuations
5 Others

14. Access to Govt. input subsidy:

Have you accessed any government input subsidies in the last year?

 Yes

 No

If yes, which types of subsidies have you accessed?

 Seeds

 Fertilizers

 Equipment’s

 Training Programs

 Other

Thanks for your co-operation

Date…………………………....
Signature of the interviewer