COVID-19 IMPACT ON FARMING RESEARCH SURVEY
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  • COVID-19 IMPACT ON FRUIT & VEGETABLE FARMERS

    Determining Labour, market, and financial impacts

  • Thank you for filling out this survey! It should only take 15 minutes to fill out. 

    The following are a series of questions designed to determine: 1. Your farm type 2. Impact of COVID-19 on labour, markets, and finances 3. What actions (if any) you may have taken already to mitigate and adapt to this pandemic. 

    All Fruit and Vegetable Farmers are welcome to participate in this survey. We will have a raffle at the end, and a few lucky respondents will receive a gift card as a thank you. 

    Please answer these questions honestly and to the best of your knowledge. All responses will remain confidential within the research group Farming Systems Ecology at Wageningen University and Research.

  • Section 1: Farm characteristics

    Please answer as honestly and to the best of your knowledge.
  • 1. Are you one of the main decision makers on the farm?*
  • 2. What is your gender?*

  • [Gross Margin, in this survey, refers to the total annual income generated by on-farm activities for the farm business. E.g. total crop sales + subsidies + additional on-farm income.]

  • 7. Do you participate in any certification programs, or are your products labeled with any voluntary quality/method labels? (UTZ, Organic, Rainforest Alliance, Beter Leven **)*
  • 8. Are you part of any farmers unions/networks/cooperatives?*
  • 8.1. Do you feel supported by the union/network/cooperative(s) you are part of in facing possible impacts of COVID-19?*

  • Section 2: Farm employment

    Unless otherwise stated, consider the employment levels from last year, before the COVID-19 outbreak.
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  • 11. Does your farm employ seasonal workers?*
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  • 12. What actions did you take to deal with the change in availability of farm workers due to COVID-19? (You may select more than one answer)*

  • 14. How long do you expect COVID-19 to impact farm worker availability? (You may select more than one answer)*

  • Section 3: Sales channels, products & customers

    Unless otherwise stated, consider the sales figures from last year, before the COVID-19 outbreak.
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  • 16. What products do you sell? (Select all that apply)*

  • 17. Through which of the following sales channels do you sell your farm products? (You may select more than one answer)*
  • 17.1.3. Where are most of the consumers that receive the products from ON-FARM sales? (You may select more than one answer)*
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  • 17.2.3. Where are most of the consumers that receive the products from your AUCTION sales? (Multiple options possible)*

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  • 17.3.3. Where are most of the LOCAL MARKET customers from? (Multiple options possible)*

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  • 17.4.3. Where are most of the CATERERS & RESTAURANTS to which you sell your produce? (Multiple options possible)*
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  • 17.5.3. Where are most of the RETAILERS that you sell to located? (Multiple options possible)*
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  • 17.6.3. Where are most of the PROCESSING PLANTS that you sell to located? (Multiple options possible)*
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  • 17.7.3. Where do most of the TRADERS that you sell to operate? (Multiple options possible)*
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  • 17.8.3. Where are most of the CONTRACTORS that you sell to located? (Multiple options possible)*
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  • 17.9.3. What area do the COOPERATIVES that you sell to cover? (Multiple options possible)*
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  • 17.10.3. Where are most of the consumers that receive the products from your E-COMMERCE sales? (Multiple options possible)*
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  • 18. What actions (if any) did you take to adapt to the impacts of COVID-19? ( Multiple answers possible)*

  • 19. For how long do you expect the impact of COVID-19 on your sales to last? (Multiple options possible)*

  • Section 4: Finances

    Unless otherwise stated, please answer the following finance questions according to last year (pre COVID-19 outbreak). 

  • Liquidity/cash flow refers to the money that you have access to and can use to run your farm by purchasing required inputs and paying wages, rent, interest etc. Liquidity also includes off-farm income and cash loans that you are investing in the farm.

  • 20. Please select which of the following are sources of your farm´s liquidity:*
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  • 20.1.4 What caused this impact on your FARM INCOME ?*

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  • 21. For how long do you expect the impact of COVID-19 on your liquidity/cash flow to last? (Multiple options possible)*
  • 22. What actions did you take on your farm to adapt to the financial impact of COVID-19?*

  • Section 5:

    In this section, six statements are given. For each statement, please indicate to what extent you agree it applies to your farm. The furthest left, 1, indicates complete disagreement, 4 is neutral and the furthest right, 7, indicates complete agreement.
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  • Final section

    In this final section there is space to add anything we missed.

  • Participate in our Raffle

    In order to thank you for your time in completing the survey, we will be holding a raffle and giving out two 50 euro gift certificates to the winners. Please fill in your name and e-mail address in order to participate in the raffle.

  • Thank you very much for completing this survey! Please click the submit button once you have made sure that you filled it out as completely as possible and to the best of your knowledge. 

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