Development of a Scale to Measure the Attitude of Farmers towards Crop Insurance Scheme

Abstract

A scale was developed to measure the "attitude of farmers towards Crop Insurance Scheme". Based on the review of literature and discussion with the expert's, 48 statements were enlisted. The Likert's summated rating scale was followed in the construction of scale. The list of 48 statements were sent to a panel of 250 experts with the request, to critically evaluate each statement for its relevancy to measure the attitude of farmers towards Crop Insurance Scheme. Out of 250 experts selected for the scale construction, 74 experts responded in time and at the earliest. Based on their judgment an aggregate of 30 statements was selected by finding the Relevancy Weightage (RW). Accordingly, statements having relevancy percentage >75, relevancy weightage >0.75 and mean relevancy score >3.00 were considered for the item analysis. In item analysis, the selected 30 statements were administered on 40 farmers in the non-sample area. Finally, a total of 24 statements were selected for the study, based on the ‘t’ values (> 1.75) resulted from the item analysis and were included in the final scale. The ‘r’ value of the scale was found to be 0.81, which was significant at one per cent level indicating the high reliability. Hence, the scale developed was found to reliable and valid. Thus, the instrument developed to measure the attitude of farmers towards Crop Insurance Scheme is useful in the similar studies.

Attitude of Farmers Toward National Horticulture Mission in Haryana

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“…Variables Empirical measurement Dependent variable Attitude of farmers towards PMFBY Scale developed by Jamanal and Natikar [1] Extension contact Scale developed by Hiremath [5] with slight modifications 7.…”

“…In the present study, attitude was conceptualized as positive, neutral or negative feelings of respondents towards the various features of PMFBY. The scale developed by Jamanal and Natikar [1] was used with suitable modifications to ascertain the attitude level of respondents towards PMFBY. The scale contained 23 statements each measured on five point continuums namely strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree and strongly disagree.…”

Constraints and Suggestions of the Respondents about Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana in East Champaran District of Bihar

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