What is it about?
The present research aims to study the farmers' intention to adopt sustainable agriculture practices. The sample size of 283 respondents has been considered and responses have been recorded from different areas of Punjab state (India) using a research schedule. The study considered six dimensions namely perceived usefulness; self efficacy; extension services; social capital; facilitating conditions and compatibility have been taken from the existing literature. The data thus collected, has been analysed using exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and multiple regression analysis. The results of the study confirmed that perceived usefulness, self efficacy and extension services play a significant role whereas social capital, facilitating conditions, and compatibility have no significant impact on the decisions to implement sustainable Agricultural practices.
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Why is it important?
This research will be very helpful for the policymakers, government organisations, extension officers and marketing agencies who deal with the sustainable inputs for agriculture. They will have better insights of the farmers’ intention and will be well aware of the factors that actually affect the intention of farmers to adopt the SAP
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This research will be very helpful for the policymakers, government organisations, extension officers and marketing agencies who deal with the sustainable inputs for agriculture. They will have better insights of the farmers’ intention and will be well aware of the factors that actually affect the intention of farmers to adopt the SAP
Vikas Kumar
Guru Nanak Dev University
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This page is a summary of: Empirical Analysis of Farmers’ Intention to Adopt Sustainable Agricultural Practices, Asia-Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation, June 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2319510x19848857.
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