DEVELOPMENT OF SCALE TO ASSESS SUSTAINABILITY OF ORGANIC FARMING

T. AHMED¹*, K.P. RAGHUPRASAD², N.S. SHIVALINGEGOWDA^3
1Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560065, Karnataka, India
²Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560065, Karnataka, India
³Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560065, Karnataka, India
* Corresponding Author : ahmedtanweer6@gmail.com

Received : 03-08-2019     Accepted : 27-08-2019     Published : 30-08-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 16       Pages : 8899 - 8901
Int J Agr Sci 11.16 (2019):8899-8901

Keywords : Organic farming, Reliability, Scale, Sustainability, Validity
Academic Editor : Sanketh C V
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560065, Karnataka, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The study was conducted to develop and standardize the scale to measure the sustainability of organic farming. Based on the review of literature and discussion with experts, 55 statements were enlisted out of which 34 statements were retained for the final scale. The scale was found to be reliable and valid with a score of 0.98 and 0.99 respectively. Final scale consists of 20 statements related to ecological sustainability, seven statements related to economical sustainability and seven statements related to social sustainability. With respect to overall sustainability of organic farming, 40.00 percent of farmers belonged to highly sustainable category followed by less sustainable (33.33 %) and sustainable (26.66 %) category of overall sustainability.

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