Survey ID Number
PHL_2014_CRS-CAMOTE_v01_M
Title
Survey on Costs and Returns of Sweet Potato (Camote) Production 2014
Questionnaires
The questionnaire was a structured questionnaire written in English. It was designed in tabular form and some in question type format. The data items/variables in the questionnaire were based on the previous questionnaires with some modifications and additions.
The questionnaire was pre-tested and reviewed before its implementation.
The questionnaire consisted of 12 pages covering 13 blocks as follows:
A. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION includes the location of the farm such as the name of the region, province, city/municipality and barangay.
B. SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION such as the name, age, sex,level of education completed, main occupation, number of years engaged in camote farming (as operator), name of respondent and its classification, contact number
C. BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FARM such as total physical area, number of parcels operated by the farmer, area planted and harvested to camote, cropping pattern, number of croppings per year, variety of camote planted, tenurial status, month of planting and harvesting camote, main use of camote and source of planting materials,
D. FARM INVESTMENTS such as inventory of farm investments used, year and cost of acquisition, repairs and improvement cost and estimated life and usage in the focus camote farm.
E. MATERIAL INPUTS contain the quantity, cost and mode of acquisition of planting materials, fertilizers, soil ameliorants and pesticides.
F. LABOR INPUTS such as labor utilization (in terms of mandays) and labor cost by type of farming activity and by source and type of labor and food cost incurred.
G. OTHER PRODUCTION COSTS cover cash and non-cash payments for land tax, land lease/rental, rental value of owned land, rentals of machine, animals and tools and equipment, fuel and oil, transport costs of inputs, electricity and water, interest payment on crop loans, storage cost and other production costs.
H. PRODUCTION AND DISPOSITION such as volume of the produce and its disposition in the form of camote roots and planting materials terms of sold, harvesters' share, threshers' share, other laborers' share, landowners' share, lease rental, for home consumption and home-based processing, given away, used for seeds and feeds, wastage and other purposes.
I. PRODUCTION-RELATED INFORMATION such as problems affecting camote production and comparison of production during the reference period with the same period of last year and the reasons for such changes.
J. MARKETING RELATED INFOMATION includes the major buyer of camote and problems related to marketing of the produce.
K. ACCESS TO CREDIT such as the amount and source of crop loan and interest rate per annum
L. FARMER'S PARTICIPATION IN CAMOTE PROGRAMS/PROJECTS such as awareness in government program/intervention on camote and benefits gained
M. OTHER INFORMATION such as the effect of climate change on farming practices and the practice of natural faming method and membership and name of camote farmers' organization and benefits derived
N. PLANS AND RECOMMENDATIONS includes plans and recommendations to improve camote production
O. INTERVIEW PARTICULARS contain the name and signature of contractual data collector, field supervisor/editor and PSO and date accomplished.