ICAR AIEEA-PG Dairy Extension, Entrepreneurship & Village Milk Systems: practice questions

1 · Adoption and diffusion of dairy innovations · medium

Which is the correct order of Rogers' innovation-decision stages?

1. Decision, knowledge, confirmation, persuasion, implementation
2. Trial, awareness, interest, evaluation, adoption
3. Implementation, decision, persuasion, knowledge, confirmation
4. Knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation, confirmation

2 · Adoption and diffusion of dairy innovations · medium

Farmers adopt a mineral mixture quickly after seeing neighbours' cows yield more. Which attribute of the innovation is at work?

1. Complexity, which slows adoption of most innovations
2. Incompatibility with farmers' existing values
3. Observability
4. High cost compared with farm income

3 · Women in dairying · medium

In many smallholder dairy systems, which tasks are commonly done by women?

1. Only selling animals at distant markets
2. Only attending cooperative board meetings
3. None; women rarely work with dairy animals
4. Feeding, milking, calf care and processing

4 · Women in dairying · medium

As dairying commercialises, a common effect on women is:

1. Women automatically gain control of all dairy income
2. Women's workload always falls to zero
3. Household milk consumption always rises
4. Control of income shifts toward men

5 · Digital extension and advisory services · medium

Interactive voice response advisory services are especially suitable for farmers who:

1. Use only smartphones with fast data
2. Have limited literacy
3. Live next to a research station
4. Never use telephones

6 · Digital extension and advisory services · medium

A common reason digital extension projects end after donor funding stops is:

1. Farmers own too many phones
2. No sustainable business model
3. Messages are too accurate
4. Networks become too fast

7 · Monitoring and evaluating dairy projects · medium

The columns of a logframe matrix are commonly:

1. Price, product, place, promotion
2. Source, message, channel, receiver
3. Indicators, means of verification, assumptions
4. Innovators, majority, laggards

8 · Monitoring and evaluating dairy projects · medium

SMART indicators are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and:

1. Time-bound
2. Subsidised
3. Simple
4. Transferable

9 · Monitoring and evaluating dairy projects · medium

A theory of change mainly sets out:

1. The cash flow of the project
2. Causal pathways and their assumptions
3. The cooperative's voting rules
4. The pasteurisation schedule

10 · Monitoring and evaluating dairy projects · medium

Routine milk collection records are especially valuable for M&E because they:

1. They cover all farmers in the country
2. Measure household income directly
3. They record every delivery over time
4. Replace all surveys