Developing a Scale to Measure the Trend in Millet Farming and Attitude of Farmers towards Millet Cultivation
In the recent years concern for millets has been on the rise. Sources had shown that there is an existence of valid linkage between millets and poverty reduction. A study was designed to develop a scale to measure the current trend in millet farming and changing attitude of farmers towards millet cu...
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| description | In the recent years concern for millets has been on the rise. Sources had shown that there is an existence of valid linkage between millets and poverty reduction. A study was designed to develop a scale to measure the current trend in millet farming and changing attitude of farmers towards millet cultivation. The study was conducted in Tiruvannamalai and Vellore Districts of Tamil Nadu. Twenty statements reflecting the changing trends towards millet farming were generated. Likert’s method was employed in the scale construction and the final scale comprising 10 statements was standardized. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f9fe85572b9741b3a1d37276780786dc2022-12-21T18:35:43ZengExtension Education SocietyJournal of Extension Education0971-31232456-12822019-08-0131110.26725/JEE.2019.1.31.6249-6254186Developing a Scale to Measure the Trend in Millet Farming and Attitude of Farmers towards Millet CultivationP Jai Sridhar0P Parasuraman1Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityTamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIn the recent years concern for millets has been on the rise. Sources had shown that there is an existence of valid linkage between millets and poverty reduction. A study was designed to develop a scale to measure the current trend in millet farming and changing attitude of farmers towards millet cultivation. The study was conducted in Tiruvannamalai and Vellore Districts of Tamil Nadu. Twenty statements reflecting the changing trends towards millet farming were generated. Likert’s method was employed in the scale construction and the final scale comprising 10 statements was standardized.https://extensioneducation.org/index.php/jee/article/view/258Millet farmingScale constructionLikert’s methodItem analysisReliabilityValidityTamil Nadu. |
| spellingShingle | P Jai Sridhar P Parasuraman Developing a Scale to Measure the Trend in Millet Farming and Attitude of Farmers towards Millet Cultivation Journal of Extension Education Millet farming Scale construction Likert’s method Item analysis Reliability Validity Tamil Nadu. |
| title | Developing a Scale to Measure the Trend in Millet Farming and Attitude of Farmers towards Millet Cultivation |
| title_full | Developing a Scale to Measure the Trend in Millet Farming and Attitude of Farmers towards Millet Cultivation |
| title_fullStr | Developing a Scale to Measure the Trend in Millet Farming and Attitude of Farmers towards Millet Cultivation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developing a Scale to Measure the Trend in Millet Farming and Attitude of Farmers towards Millet Cultivation |
| title_short | Developing a Scale to Measure the Trend in Millet Farming and Attitude of Farmers towards Millet Cultivation |
| title_sort | developing a scale to measure the trend in millet farming and attitude of farmers towards millet cultivation |
| topic | Millet farming Scale construction Likert’s method Item analysis Reliability Validity Tamil Nadu. |
| url | https://extensioneducation.org/index.php/jee/article/view/258 |
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