Bureau of Socioeconomic Research and Training (BSERT) and Department of Agricultural Economics Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh Interview

Schedule for Economic Study on Paddy and Prawn Farming in Polder 31 of Dacope Upazila in Khulna District

Section-A
1.0 a) Identification of the Respondent Name:.. Village....Fathers name:. Union Upazila ...Polder Area

b) What do you cultivate? Paddy Shrimp White fish Yes No Vegetables

c) Do you engaged in any type of NGO/s? If yes, specify the name of NGO/sDuration of membershipd) Do you have any training? Yes

No

if yes, specify the organization and purpose of training -

e) Family composition of the farmer Sl. No. Age Relationship with HH Main Occupation Secondary Occupation Literacy level Remarks

2.0 Land Ownership Land utilization

Owned land (Decimal)

Leased in (Decimal)

Leased out (Decimal)

Total area (Decimal)

Homestead area Area under vegetable crops (specify) Area under Bagda Gher Area under Golda Gher Area under Paddy Fallow land (if any) Other (specify)

3.0 Cropping Pattern Crop season Golda Bagda Rice Vegetables Others (specify) Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

4.0 Cost and Return of Paddy Farming a) Cost of Paddy Cultivation (Please provide information on the biggest plot ), Plot size; _________ Decimals; Name of the variety ______________ Items costs/return Gross Costs Power tiller Seeds/seedlings Labor (land preparation, transplanting, weeding, harvesting, etc.) Urea Fertilizers TSP TSP MOP Gypsum Gypsum Quantity with units Unit price (Tk) Total value(Tk)

Cow dung/manure Irrigation cost Chemical Pesticides Organic

Other (specify) Total b) Return from Paddy Cultivation Yield (kg) Unit price Estimated Gross (Tk/kg) value return (Tk) of byproduct (Tk) Marketable surplus

Area under paddy (Decimal)

Used for home consumption

5.0 Bagda/Golda Farming a) What do you cultivate ? Shrimp (Bagda) Prawn (Golda) Both

b) Sources of Post larva (PL) c) Cost of golda/bagda farming (Please provide information on the biggest plot/Gher, Plot/Gher size; _________ Decimals) Quantity of input used Cost items for Bagda/Golda farming Home Supplied Gher preparation Night duty (wathman salary) Labour Feeding Liming and salting Others Post Larva Feed (put names of feed;..................) Lime Salting Electricity Price/unit Total cost (Tk) (Tk) Hired/purchased Total

Others(specify)

d) Gross returns from production of Golda Species Area of Gher/pond Quantity Price/unit Value (Tk) (Tk) (kg) Gross return (Tk) Golda Others (specify) Marketable Used for surplus home consumption (kg) (kg)

6.0 Sources of Household Income

Sources of income Aman Rice farming Boro Vegetables production Cattle rearing Poultry and duck rearing Goat rearing Sheep rearing Buffalo rearing Foreign remittances Prawn culture Others Fish Culture Small business Sewing machine/tailoring Rickshaw/van pulling Labour selling Others (specify) Shrimp culture Amount (Tk) % of total Sources of income Amount (Tk) % of total

7.0 Are you benefited from this polder? If yes, what sorts of benefits?

Yes

No

If not, specify complains:

What could be done to improve polder management?

What has been done to improve polder management?

Section B
1.0 Any problem related to water/sluice gate management? If yes, fill-up the following table. Sl. No. 1. 2. 3. 4. Description of the problem Suggestions

What are your expectations from WMOs? 1) 2) 3) Are you satisfied on WMOs? Yes No If not, specify complains:

2.0 Advantages of conducting farming a) Nearer to the sluice gate

b)Faraway from the gate

3.0 Disadvantages of conducting farming a) Nearer to the sluice gate

b) Faraway from the gate

4.0 Do you have any specific suggestions for improving crop farming in your area?

5.0 Do you know that the High Court recently made saltwater shrimp cultivation expansion into agricultural land and forestry illegal? What do you think of this news and why?

Thank you very much. Name of the Enumerator: ___________________________ Date: _________________

Checklist for collecting information from WMOs 1.0 Identification of the respondent Name: Age: Literacy Level: Occupation: ................... Land area under this polder: . Decimals Village: . Union: .. Upazila:

2.0 How many sluice gates under your jurisdiction?

3.0 How did you usually manage the gate during the Boro/Aman/other crop seasons?

4.0 What types of difficulty did you face in managing sluice gate during the crop season and/or peak period?

5.0 What mechanism did you follow to tackle those problems?

6.0 Do you have any other suggestions for betterment of the polder and/or increasing crop productivity within the polder?

Name of the Enumerator: ________________ Date: ___________________