Decisional factors affecting the adoption of organic farming accompanying with its extent in Haryana
Ritu and Dr. Karan Singh
Organic farming system is a farming method, relating to farming system which is basically aimed at sustainable agricultural and horticultural production in an eco-friendly way, which is practiced by the farmers since the ancient period of India. The organic production system tends to retain the environment and its ecology with environmentally good health by making use of the natural resources in accordance with the desired agricultural production for the consumption of human being on this earth. While seeing the benefits of organic farming this study attempts to recognize the factors driving the adoption of organic farming practices along with its extent in Haryana. The study uses an exploratory research design. The research type is qualitative and quantitative type of research. The data are collected mainly through the combination of primary and secondary sources. There were 560 respondents which have been taken as sample respondents from the two districts from each zone and one block from each district, by selecting the two villages from each block. There were total 560 numbers of the respondents which have represented the whole Haryana state in terms of practicing the organic and non-organic types of the agriculture by the farmers. The selection of block has done on the random basis. All the municipal councils and committees; belonged to the sample districts have included. There were 560 sample respondents which have selected from the local bodies and administered and particularly designed in accordance with the structured interview schedule uniformly for taking the first hand information. Multistage Sampling has been used to select the respondents. For analysing of data Factor analysis as well as Multiple Regression Analysis has been utilized. The findings of this objective revealed that there is significant impact of Stimulators, Demographics and Farm Economy on Organic Farming and shows a decent extent of adoption of organic farming in the study area.
Ritu, Dr. Karan Singh. Decisional factors affecting the adoption of organic farming accompanying with its extent in Haryana. Int J Finance Manage Econ 2023;6(2):179-185. DOI: 10.33545/26179210.2023.v6.i2.276