Developing a Scale to Measure the Indigenous Wisdom Orientation of Rice Farmers

The traditional rice farmers had adopted various indigenous technologies in rice farming which in due course of time was forgotten after the advent of high yielding varieties that warranted excessive use of chemical inputs. Hence a study was designed to develop a scale to measure the indigenous wisd...

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Main Authors: K.P. Smitha, A Anilkumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Extension Education Society 2017-09-01
Series:Journal of Extension Education
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Online Access:https://extensioneducation.org/index.php/jee/article/view/146
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description The traditional rice farmers had adopted various indigenous technologies in rice farming which in due course of time was forgotten after the advent of high yielding varieties that warranted excessive use of chemical inputs. Hence a study was designed to develop a scale to measure the indigenous wisdom orientation of stakeholders in rice farming. The study was conducted in Palakkad district of Kerala. Fifty statements reflecting the indigenous wisdom orientation were generated. Likert’s method was employed in the scale construction and the final scale comprising 14 statements was standardized.
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spelling doaj.art-6f5f0cab123348b2bc9d273b46aaac072022-12-22T00:33:00ZengExtension Education SocietyJournal of Extension Education0971-31232456-12822017-09-0128310.26725/JEE.2016.3.28.5688-569487Developing a Scale to Measure the Indigenous Wisdom Orientation of Rice FarmersK.P. Smitha0A Anilkumar1Dept. of Soil Survey and Soil Conservation, Govt. of KeralaKerala Agricultural UniversityThe traditional rice farmers had adopted various indigenous technologies in rice farming which in due course of time was forgotten after the advent of high yielding varieties that warranted excessive use of chemical inputs. Hence a study was designed to develop a scale to measure the indigenous wisdom orientation of stakeholders in rice farming. The study was conducted in Palakkad district of Kerala. Fifty statements reflecting the indigenous wisdom orientation were generated. Likert’s method was employed in the scale construction and the final scale comprising 14 statements was standardized.https://extensioneducation.org/index.php/jee/article/view/146Indigenous wisdom orientationScale constructionLikert’s methodItem analysisReliabilityValidity
spellingShingle K.P. Smitha
A Anilkumar
Developing a Scale to Measure the Indigenous Wisdom Orientation of Rice Farmers
Journal of Extension Education
Indigenous wisdom orientation
Scale construction
Likert’s method
Item analysis
Reliability
Validity
title Developing a Scale to Measure the Indigenous Wisdom Orientation of Rice Farmers
title_full Developing a Scale to Measure the Indigenous Wisdom Orientation of Rice Farmers
title_fullStr Developing a Scale to Measure the Indigenous Wisdom Orientation of Rice Farmers
title_full_unstemmed Developing a Scale to Measure the Indigenous Wisdom Orientation of Rice Farmers
title_short Developing a Scale to Measure the Indigenous Wisdom Orientation of Rice Farmers
title_sort developing a scale to measure the indigenous wisdom orientation of rice farmers
topic Indigenous wisdom orientation
Scale construction
Likert’s method
Item analysis
Reliability
Validity
url https://extensioneducation.org/index.php/jee/article/view/146
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