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Idi For Member Farmers Artisans -Form Fill
General Profile of the Respondent
Q01
Name of the respondent
Q02
Age
Q03
Gender
Male
Female
Other
Q04
What is your mother tongue?
Q05
Phone number
Q06
Block
Q07
Village (Hamlet name)
Q08
Which of the following institutions are you a part of?
FPC
SPV
IA
Q09
Caste
General
Scheduled Caste
Scheduled Tribe
Other Backward Class
Prefer not to say
Q10
Current primary occupation
Crop production
Farming of animals
Other agricultural activities
Garment making
Bamboo work
Woodwork
Other non-agricultural activities
Unemployed willingly
Unemployed but seeking work
Others (pensioner, remittance, rent, student, domestic duties)
Q11
Current nature of work
Self-employed
Regular salary/ wage
Casual labour
Others (Specify)
Q12
Religion
Hindu
Muslim
Sikh
Christian
Jain
Others (specify)
Prefer not to say
Q13
Does your household have a Antyodaya Anna Yojana card?
Yes
No
Don’t know
Q14
Does your household have a MGNREGS Job Card?
Yes
No
Don’t know
Q15
Education
Primary (1-5)
Upper primary (6-8)
Secondary (9-10)
Higher secondary (11-12)
Graduate
Post-graduate
Never attended school
Q16
Are you the head of the household?
Yes
No
Q17
Does your household derive its primary earnings from ______?
Yes
No
Q17_1
Agriculture/ horticulture
Yes
No
Q17_2
Horticulture
Yes
No
Q17_3
Poultry rearing
Yes
No
Q17_4
Dairy farming
Yes
No
Q17_5
Other livestock rearing (excluding dairy & poultry)
Yes
No
Q17_6
Pisciculture
Yes
No
Q17_7
Non-timber Forest Produce (NTFP) Collection
Yes
No
Q17_8
Wage
Yes
No
Q17_9
Salary/Job
Yes
No
Q17_10
Contractual work
Yes
No
Q17_11
Enterprise
Yes
No
Q17_12
Pension
Yes
No
Q17_13
Remittance
Yes
No
Q17_14
Rental income
Yes
No
Q17A
Which member from your household is majorly involved in this activity?
Me
Spouse
Other male HH members
Other female HH members
Q18A
What is the share of income from ___ in your overall household income?
Q18B
Sum of share of all activities must be 100%
Impact of Formal Institutions on Farmers/ Artisans
A01
What role do you play as a part/ member of FPC/ IA/ SPV?
A02
What was your primary motivation for joining the FPC/ SPV/ IA?
A03
Has joining the institution affected your profession/ business or helping you move towards your desired objective?
Yes
No
A04
How has being a member of the institution affected your profession/ business?
Access to cheaper inputs
Access to good quality inputs
Access to cheaper implements
Access to good quality and large-scale implements/ machineries
Access to markets for sale of produce
Increase in bargaining power
Better information on modern technologies
Reduction in risks related to business/ profession
Higher price for produce
Reduction in cost of production
Access to credit facilities
Others (specify) ______
Access to Information and Decision Making
B01
What is the usual decision-making process of the institution that you are a part of?
Decision is mostly imposed from outside (by people who are not part of institution)
The management committee /board members mostly decide and informs the other group members
The management committee/ board members ask group members what they think and then decides
All the group members hold a discussion and decide together mostly
Others (specify) ______
B02
Who is the ‘outsider’ you are referring above, that imposes the decision and why? Are you and other group members satisfied with the outsider’s intervention? Why or why not?
B03
What is the most important source of expertise or advice which this group receives?
B04
Do you think you get access to information by being part of the group? If yes, what kind of information do you get?
B04A
Is the information received useful? How did access to the above information help you?
B04B
Do you think if you had access to this information earlier, you would have benefitted more?
B04C
What do you think are barriers in getting access to information?
Training and Capacity Building within Formal Institutions
C01
How many board meetings are usually conducted?
No such sessions
Everyday
2-3 times per week
Once in a week
2-3 times per month
Once in a month
Quarterly (once in 3 months)
As per need
C02
How many internal meetings are usually conducted? (i.e., Meeting within the members)
No such sessions
Everyday
2-3 times per week
Once in a week
2-3 times per month
Once in a month
Quarterly (once in 3 months)
As per need
C03
How often does institution organise _______ for its members?
C03_1
Classroom training sessions
C03_2
Seminars
C03_3
Webinars
C03_4
Demo plot visits
C03_5
Exposure visits (within Hazaribagh)
C03_6
Exposure visits (outside Hazaribagh)
C04
What is the topic of capacity building mostly for _____?
Knowledge of legal and other compliances with various Acts/ laws/ regulations etc.
Related to crop cultivation (varieties, best practices etc.)
Knowledge of inputs (seed, fertilisers etc.)
Knowledge of markets
Awareness of new technology/ equipment/ tools etc.
Technical knowledge (use/ operating) of equipment/ machineries
Value addition practices (designing/ embroidery/ packaging/ special type of tailoring etc.)
Others, specify___
C05
Who provides the training for _______ ?
Master trainer from my/ nearby village
Our input or output supplier Partners
GT Bharat team
KVK personnel
NGO staff
Government officials
Others (specify)
C06
What all machineries/ implement are there in your institution?
C07
Did you use how to use it before joining the institution?
Yes
No
C08
Were you provided some training to use this implement?
Yes
No
C09
Is this implement of relevance/ use to your business?
Very relevant/ useful
Moderately relevant/ useful
Not at all relevant/ useful
Feedback on Formal Institutions and Challenges Faced
D01
How does feedback and review of subject matters of your FPO/ IA/ SPV take place?
D02
How do members resolve conflicts amongst themselves?
D03
On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you being a member of FPO/ IA/ SPV?
Extremely dissatisfied
Dissatisfied
Neutral
Satisfied
Extremely satisfied
D04
How has joining the FPO/ IA/ SPV benefitted you in terms of ______ ?
D04A
Cost cutting
D04B
Yield and Productivity
D04C
Overall profit earned
D05
What are some of the challenges faced by your FPO/ IA/ SPV as a whole?
High attrition rate
Internal conflicts/ Strict compliances/ restrictions
Low skill set/ poor qualifications of board members /directors
Lack of unity amongst members
FPO lacks proper resources
Lack of awareness on related policies
Difficulty in sourcing inputs
Difficulty in getting credit
Low skill set/ poor qualifications of members
Difficulty/ Lack of awareness on financial management
Others (specify) ______
D06
What are some of the challenges that you face within the FPO/ IA/ SPV as a part of it?
I do not have any impact on decision making on major/ most of the topics
My opinions are not heard
I am not able to earn the same amount of profit as other members
I am not earning the profit I expected to earn by being a member
Less number of training sessions conducted
Lack of transparency
Lack of information flow mechanism
Group dynamics are not conducive to me
Others (specify) ______
D07
What is your overall view on the institution? (Probe: benefits, challenges, and expectations)
D08
What do you think is the role GT/ GT personnel have played in building the institution (FPO/ IA/ SPV)? What is their role in taking it forward?
Informal/ Other Group memberships
E01
Are you a member of _____?
Agricultural/ livestock/ fisheries producer group (FPO/FPC)
Farmer group/cooperative
Traders or business association
Religious or spiritual group
Political group
Cultural group
Burial society or festival society
Finance, credit, or savings group (SHG)
Education group
Health group
Resource Management group
Sports group
Youth/Elderly group
NGO/Civic group
Ethnic-based community group
Any other group (specify) _____
E02
Do you or any members in your household have personal acquaintance with someone who works in any of the following occupation?
Yes
No
E02_1
Doctor
Yes
No
E02_2
Other health worker
Yes
No
E02_3
Teacher/ principal
Yes
No
E02_4
Other school worker
Yes
No
E02_5
Govt. service/ officer and above
Yes
No
E02_6
Elected members of government (panchayat, zila parishad, DM, DC, etc.)
Yes
No
E02_7
Police
Yes
No
E02_8
Military
Yes
No
E03
Does anyone in the household belong to:
Credit savings groups/chit fund
Youth club
Sports club
Employee union/trade union
Business/professional group
Religious group
Caste association
NGO
Agricultural cooperative
Milk cooperative
Any other professional cooperative
Political party
E04
How many members are there in this group? _ _
E05
What proportion of the group members are females?
No females
1%-20%
21%-40%
41%-60%
61%-80%
81%-100%
All of them
E06
Are you an active member of this [GROUP]?
Yes
No
E07
Why are you not an active member?
The group held (or holds) irregular meetings and is not active
The management of the group is weak
The group lacks resources
I don’t associate myself with the group
I can’t devote enough time to group and its activities
There are restrictions on my mobility
Lack of money and transport facility to travel to group meetings
Group dynamics are not conducive to me
Others (specify) ________
E08
How did you become a member of (join) this group?
My father/mother/ father-in-law/ mother-in-law has been/ was a member
Required to join as a member of the community/ village
Invited/ referred by community members (friends/ relatives/ neighbours)
Voluntary choice
Others (specify) ________
E09
Why are you a currently member of this group?
Facilitates access to resources
Helps improve livelihood/ income
Gives me a platform to voice opinions and ideas
Recognition
Builds my capacity through trainings etc.
Important in times of emergency
Service of the community
Enjoyment/recreation
Networking
Peer effect
Breaks monotony
I have been a part of this group for a long time
Other (specify) _______
E10
Are you getting any service by being a member of this group? If yes, what are those? (Education, health, capacity building, skill development, inputs, etc.)
E11
How do you think you influence the decision making of the group?
To no extent (No say in decision making)
To some extent
To a large extent
E12
Does this group work or interact with other groups with similar goals outside the village/neighbourhood?
Yes, occasionally
Yes, frequently
No
E13
Does this group work or interact with other groups with different goals outside the village/neighbourhood?
Yes, occasionally
Yes, frequently
No
E14
Post COVID, do you participate in more or fewer groups or organizations than before?
More
Same number
Fewer
E15A
Of all the groups to which you belong, which two are the most important to you? Why?
E15B
What is the group composition of these two groups? (Do all/ most members belong to the same village/ community/ gender/ caste/ religion/age, etc.)
Access to information
F01
Do you think you get access to information by being part of the groups?
Yes
No
F02
What kind of information do you get by being associated with the above-mentioned groups that you are an active member of?
Information related to markets (buying raw materials or for selling produce/ finished product)
Information related to value addition at various steps/ phases of production such as packaging, presentation, processing, etc.
Information related to processing or production (type of crop grown, type of fertilizer used/ new or better sewing techniques, how to put lace or some other decorative materials on a fabric etc.)
Information related to government schemes
Information related to HH savings or money-making avenues
Information related to nutritional value of crops/ type of fabric or designing on clothes
Information related to machinery purchase and usage (where to get it from, at what rate etc.)
Information related to HH asset (tv, ac, fridge, gold, land) purchase and usage
Others (specify) _______
F03A
How did access to above information help you?
F03B
Do you also get any direct monetary gains? How?
F03C
Do you think if you had access to this information earlier, you would have benefitted more?
F03D
What do you think are barriers in getting access to information?
F04
In the last one year, how many times have you travelled to__?
daily
once in a week
twice or thrice a week
once in 15 days
once or twice a month
less than once a month
never
F04_1
Neighbouring village
daily
once in a week
twice or thrice a week
once in 15 days
once or twice a month
less than once a month
never
F04_2
Neighbouring town
daily
once in a week
twice or thrice a week
once in 15 days
once or twice a month
less than once a month
never
F04_3
Hazaribagh
daily
once in a week
twice or thrice a week
once in 15 days
once or twice a month
less than once a month
never
F04_4
Outside Jharkhand
daily
once in a week
twice or thrice a week
once in 15 days
once or twice a month
less than once a month
never
Training and capacity building
G01
Did you participate in any trainings organized by the group in the last one year?
Yes
No
The group has not organised any training session in the last one year
G02
What were these training sessions around mostly? (Multiple response)
Getting quality inputs
Getting inputs at affordable price
Use of modern and innovative methods in profession related activities
Accessing credit
Awareness around relevant govt. schemes
Pest/ disease management
Making/ working in collectives
Marketing of produce/ output
Livelihood training
Financial literacy/ book- keeping training
Health education
Others (specify) ________
G03
Who conducted them? (Multiple response)
Govt dept.
Pvt agencies/ organisations
CRP trainer/ VO Member
Federation staff
Other members of the group
Others (specify)
G04
Did you find such sessions beneficial?
Yes, to a great extent
Yes, to a good extent
Yes, to some extent
Yes, to a little extent
Not at all
Decision making in groups
H01
What is the decision-making process in most of the groups that you are a part of?
Decision is imposed from outside
The leader decides and informs the other group members
The leader asks group members what they think and then decides
The group members hold a discussion and decide together
Other (specify) ____
H02
Who is the ‘outsider’ you are referring above, that imposes the decision and why? Are you and other group members satisfied with the outsider’s intervention? Why or why not? (Open ended)
H03
What is the most important source of expertise or advice which this group receives?
Information sources, network, and trust
I01
About how many close friends do you have these days? (These are people you feel at ease with, can talk to about private matters, take financial help, take advice, or call on for help.)
I02
Now I want to ask you how much you trust different types of people. On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 means a very small extent and 5 means a very great extent, how much do you trust the information shared by people in these categories?
To a very small extent
To a small extent
Neither small nor great extent
To a great extent
To a very great extent
I02_1
Relatives
To a very small extent
To a small extent
Neither small nor great extent
To a great extent
To a very great extent
I02_2
People from community
To a very small extent
To a small extent
Neither small nor great extent
To a great extent
To a very great extent
I02_3
Shopkeeper from local input shop
To a very small extent
To a small extent
Neither small nor great extent
To a great extent
To a very great extent
I02_4
Neighbours/ villagers
To a very small extent
To a small extent
Neither small nor great extent
To a great extent
To a very great extent
I02_5
Sarpanch/ village head/ local government officials
To a very small extent
To a small extent
Neither small nor great extent
To a great extent
To a very great extent
I02_6
Personnel from govt departments (FLWs, Agriculture extension people etc.)
To a very small extent
To a small extent
Neither small nor great extent
To a great extent
To a very great extent
I02_7
Middlemen/trader for business purposes
To a very small extent
To a small extent
Neither small nor great extent
To a great extent
To a very great extent
I03
Do you have access to a smartphone (internet-enabled)?
Yes
No
I04
What are the three most important sources of information about what the government is doing (such as agricultural extension, workfare, family planning, etc.) and how to avail government schemes, if needed? (Multiple response)
Relatives, friends, and neighbours
Community bulletin board
Local market
Community or local newspaper
National newspaper
Radio
Television
Groups or associations
Business or work associates
Political associates
Community leaders
An agent of the government
NGOs
Internet
I05
What are the three most important sources of market information (such as jobs, prices of goods or crops)? (Multiple response)
Relatives, friends, and neighbours
Local market
Community or local newspaper or Community bulletin board
National newspaper
Radio
Television
Groups or associations (SHGs)
Business or work associates
Community leaders
An agent of the government/ Political associates
NGOs
Internet
I06
In general, compared to last one year, has access to information ___?
Improved
Deteriorated
Stayed about the same
I07
what caused the change, for e.g., affiliation to some external person, who is that person/organization. (Open ended)
I08
How often do you interact with the following?
Everyday
Every week at least once
Every 2 weeks at least once
Every month at least once
Less than once a month
Never
I08_1
Relatives or friends
Everyday
Every week at least once
Every 2 weeks at least once
Every month at least once
Less than once a month
Never
I08_2
Public village gathering / community meeting / training for NGO or program
Everyday
Every week at least once
Every 2 weeks at least once
Every month at least once
Less than once a month
Never
I08_3
Neighbours/ villagers/ community members
Everyday
Every week at least once
Every 2 weeks at least once
Every month at least once
Less than once a month
Never
I08_4
Group members of the group that you are a part of
Everyday
Every week at least once
Every 2 weeks at least once
Every month at least once
Less than once a month
Never
I08_5
Market or Haat or bazaar
Everyday
Every week at least once
Every 2 weeks at least once
Every month at least once
Less than once a month
Never
I08_6
Shopkeepers from local input shops or middlemen/traders
Everyday
Every week at least once
Every 2 weeks at least once
Every month at least once
Less than once a month
Never
Challenges Faced
J01
How does caste or religion influence farmers/ artisan’s decision to become a member of the FPC/ IA/ SPV?
J02
What are the challenges that women face while trying to become a member of the FPC/ IA / SPV?
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