Development of an Index on Progressiveness of Farmers using Bore well Irrigation

摘要

A large population in India is dependent on agriculture. Surface water provides irrigation to the extent of 45 per cent of the total irrigation and ground water accounts for 55 per cent. Open and bore wells form the prime source of ground water irrigation. On bore well farmers an attempt has been made to develop an index to assess progressiveness of farmers. Based on the review of literature and discussion with experts, seven components of progressiveness were identified. The relevancy rating was obtained from 40 judges in the concerned area. Based on the relevancy percentage of the components with the relevancy coefficient of 0.75 and above were components selected for the inclusion in the progressiveness index. To compute the scale values for each of the identified components, their relative importance in the progressiveness was worked out by adopting normalized ranking method recommended by Guilford (1954).