The interview questions includes both open and close-ended questions,
categorized as the followings (full interview form can be found at appendix A):
1. Personal Information: name, age, gender, education level, address, years of
experience in farming, and amount of land owned.
2. Type of fertilizer that farmers use in the past and present: chemical, organic or
mixed.
3. Farmers expense and income
4. Personal and environmental problem they have regarding the farming method
they are currently using.
5. Farmers’ workshop experiences
6. Farmers’ understanding of the organic farming concept (low to excellent:
divided into 5 levels)
7. Their perspective on organic and chemical farming which includes their
advantages and disadvantages.