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Schedule – I

Questionnaire

1. Farmers Profile:

a. Name and village:………………………………………….

b. Age: ……………………………………………………….

c. Education:………………………………………………….

d. Field size: …………………………………………………..

e. Yield: ……………………………………………………….

2. How many seasons do you cultivated? One/two/ three

3. Is your field infected by ? Yes/No

4. How you control it? Use pesticides/ traditional knowledge practices / both

5. How often do you spray pesticides in your field?

a. Never spray insecticides

b. Spray insecticides rarely

c. Spray insecticides once in a year

d. Spray insecticides twice in a year

e. Spray insecticides very frequently.

6. What are the traditional knowledge practices uses? Mention their procedure, effects

and remarks?

7. What kind of pesticides you use?

8. What is your opinion about spraying insecticides?

a. It increase yield

b. Harmful to other animal

c. Harmful to human health

d. No effect of insecticides

9. At what stage of crop do you spray?

a. Before transplantation

b. 1 month after transplantation

c. At flowering and milky stage

d. At the time of harvest

e. Any time when pest is seen

10.Are you aware of bio-pesticides? Yes/ no

11.Are you aware of beneficial insect which eat pest in the field? Yes/ no