FACULTY OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (UFS)
FAKULTEIT NATUUR- EN LANDBOUWETENSKAPPE (UV)
Department of Sustainable Agriculture, Rural Development
and Extension
QUESTIONNAIRE
EVALUATION OF LIMITATIONS AND CHALLENGES FACED BY SMALL-SCALE
GROWERS. : A CASE STUDY OF SUGARCANE FARMERS IN RURAL AREAS OF
UMDONI MUNICIPALITY IN KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA.
Researcher:
Makhosazana Gumede
Tel (work):
0399758017
Mobile:
0733478497
E-mail:
zamakhosi5@gmail.com
Questionnaire No:
SECTION A: DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
A1. Gender
(a) Male
(b) Female
A2. Age (years)
(a) 18-30
(b) 31-40
(c) 41-50
(d) 51-60
(e) ≥61
A3. Relationship status
(a) Single
(b) Married
(c) Divorced
(d) Widow
A4. Highest level of education
(a) No formal
education
(b) Primary school
(c) High school
(d) ABET
(e) Tertiary level
(f) Other
If other, please specify:
A5. Total size of the farm (ha)
(a) <5
(b) 5-10
(c) 11-15
(d) 16-20
(e) >20
SECTION B: SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFORMATION
B1. What is your occupation?
(a) Farmer
(b) Trader
(c) Civil servant
(d) Other
If other, please specify:
B2. What is your source of income?
(a) Farming
(b) Salary
(c) Pension
(d) Child grant
B3. What other sources of off-farm income do you have?
Source
Amount (R)
(a)
(b)
(c)
B4. What is the main household’s food acquisition strategy?
(a) Own production
(b) Buy from
supermarkets
(c) Both
B5. What is the income of the household head per month?
(a) <R1500
(b) R1600-R2500
(c) R2600-R3500
(d) >R3500
B6. Do you have access to credit from financial institutions?
(a) Yes
(b) No
B7. If yes, how do you use that money?
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B8. Do you have access to extension services?
(a) Yes
(b) No
B9. How often do you see the extension officer?
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SECTION C: LAND ACQUISITION INFORMATION
C1. How did you acquire the land?
(a) Traditional authority
(b) Lease/ rent
(c) Bought
(d) Inherited
(e) Other
If other, please specify:
C2. How much land do you own?
(a) <1ha
(b) 1ha
(c) 2ha
(d) 5ha
(e) Other
If other, please specify:
C3. How much land are you working on currently?
(a) <1ha
(b) 1ha
(c) 2ha
(d) 5ha
(e) Other
If other, please specify:
C4. If you are using less than available land, what are reasons?
(a) Lack of capital
(b) Poor soil
(c) No fencing
(d) Lack of labor
(e) Theft of produce
(f) Other
If other, please specify:
SECTION D: PRODUCTION INFORMATION
D1. How long, in terms of years have been doing farming? …………………
D2. What type of soil are you working on?
(a) Sandy soil
(b) Clay soil
(c) Sandy loamy
(d) Loam soil
D3. When did start planting sugarcane?
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D4. Which of the following mostly affects your produce?
(a) Pests
(b) Diseases
(c) Drought
(d) Frost
(e) Other
If other, please specify:
D5. How do you deal with the problem/s mentioned above in order to obtain good yield?
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D6. What type of production system are you using?
(a) Organic farming
(b) Inorganic farming
(fertilizers, chemicals)
D7. If inorganic farming, where do you get fertilizers and chemicals?
(a) Department of
Agriculture (free)
(b) Buy it yourself
(c) Both
D10. What types of sugarcane varieties are you producing?
variety
N41
N39
N12
N55
D11. Has producing sugarcane been profitable to you?
(a) Yes
(b) No
D12. If yes, please briefly explain how?
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D13. What limitations do you have with sugarcane production in your farm?
(a) Fertilizers
(b) Herbicides
(c) Labor
(c) Marketing
D14. What challenges do you have with sugarcane production on your farm?
Competition
RV price
Transport
Climatic changes
D15. What do you think must be done to overcome those challenges?
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D16. What is the source of seed cane/seedlings?
(a) Department of
Agriculture (free)
(b) Buy it yourself
(c) Both
D17. Do you belong to any farmers’ organization?
(a) Yes
(b) No
D18. If yes, which organization do you belong to?
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D19. How long have you been a member of the organization (years)?
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D20. What benefits do you get from being a member of the organization?
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D21. Do you receive continuous information and training regarding sugarcane production?
(a) Yes
(b) No
D22. If yes, where do you get such information and training?
(a) Department of
Agriculture
(b) Private institutions
(c) Both
SECTION E: CREDIT ACQUISITION AND MARKETING INFORMATION
E1. Do you have access to credit facilities and production inputs?
(a) Yes
(b) No
E2. If yes, what do you do with that credit?
(a) Buy inputs
(b) For fencing
(c) Labor
(d) Other
If other, please specify:
E3. Where do you get capital for farming? ……………………
E4. Is the Department of Agriculture and the sugar mill helping you to get a market for your
produce?
(a) Yes
(b) No
E9. Who are your main inputs suppliers?
(a) Department of
Agriculture
(b) Cooperatives
(c) Private companies
E10. How much does it cost to get to the input suppliers?
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E11. What problems do you have with the inputs supplier?
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E12. How much did it cost you to transport your cane last season?
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E13. What challenges do your face during the milling season?
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E14. What do you think must be done to overcome such challenges?
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E15. Do you see yourself being a commercial farmer in the future?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
E16. If yes, what do you think must done to transform you?
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E17. What farm equipment do you own?
(a) Bell
(b) Tractors
(c) haulers
(d) None
(e) Other
If other, please specify:
E18. Do you hire any farm equipment?
(a) Yes
(b) No
E19. If yes, what equipment and at what price do you hire it?
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