A. General information of respondents.

1. Sex
M F
2. Age

15-18 19-23 24-35 36-50 50-65 >65

3. Education level
Illiterate 1-4 5-8 9-12 >12

B. Perception of house hold farmers towards wet processing and

unavailability of hand coffee cherries pulping machine.

1. Do you agree that wet processing of cherries is better than dry processing it?
D N A
2. Do you agree that unavailability of hand coffee cherries pulping machine is the main reason
for you, that you do not wet process your coffee?
D N A

3. Do you agree that inavaillability of hand coffee cherries pulping machine is the main reason
for you, to prefer dry processing rather than wet processing coffee chrries you had
harvested?
D N A

C. Identifying factors affecting small scale farmers not to have hand operated
coffee cherries pulping machine

1. Do you prefer to process coffee cherries you had harvested by wet processing method?
SD D N A SA
2. Do you have your own hand operated coffee cherries pulping machine?
Y N
3. How many farmers do you know having hand operated coffee cherries pulping machine?

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4. Do you think that the capital you have is better than you neighboring small scale farmers?
SD D N A SA

5. Do you agree that cost of buying of existing hand operated coffee cherries pulping machine
is more than your capability of buying, so that you prefer not to have (afford) it?
SD D N A SA
 6. Do you agree that ease of operation of existing hand operated coffee cherries pulping
machine is difficult for farmers like you?
D N A
7. Do you think/agree that ease of maintainability of existing hand operated coffee cherries
pulping machine is not assured by technicians around your village?
D N A

8. Lack of ease maintainability of existing hand operated coffee cherries pulping machine is a
reason for not to have the machine?
D N A

D. Assessing pulping coffee cherries by traditional method.

1. How many KGs of coffee cherries do you harvest in highest harvesting time per day?

-------------------KG
2. How many KGs of coffee cherries do you pulp by traditional method in just one hour?

------------------KG

E. Assessing existing hand operated coffee cherries pulping machine. (optional

for owners)

1. Model of machine

2. Mechanism of the machine

3. Capacity of the machine

4. Efficiency of the machine

5. Possible faults of the machine

6. Cost of buying the machine

F. Recommendations by farmers for to be designed and developed machine.

1. What capacity do you prefer for to be designed machine

2. How much birr do you invest on the machine