A SCALE TO MEASURE THE LEASE-IN BEHAVIOUR OF TENANT FARMERS

P.V.S. GOPAL¹, V. JYOTHI²*, B. VIJAYABHINANDANA^3
1Professor & Head (Agriculture Extension), Agriculture College Bapatla, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
²Assistant Professor (Agriculture Extension), Agriculture College Bapatla, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
³Professor (Agriculture Extension), O/o Director of Extension, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : jyothyext@gmail.com

Received : 11-11-2019     Accepted : 27-11-2019     Published : 30-11-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 22       Pages : 9209 - 9211
Int J Agr Sci 11.22 (2019):9209-9211

Keywords : Tenant farmer, Lease-in, Behaviour, Reliability, Validity
Academic Editor : Dr Lawal Mohammad Anka, Er Mukesh Nathalal Dabhi, Dr Saurav Gupta, Dr Raj Kumar Yogi, Meghwal PR, Dr H. V. Pandya
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Agriculture College Bapatla, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

A scale to measure the lease-in behaviour of tenant farmers was developed using the Likert’s method of summated rating. A tentative list of seventy statements each expressing the lease-in behaviour of tenant farmers were collected from available literature, in consultation with the tenant farmers and extension personnel. The statements were framed such that they expressed positive and negative behaviour. The respondents were asked to specify their degree of agreement or disagreement with each statement on a five-points scale ranging from strongly - agree to strongly - disagree. The score of each individual item on the scale was obtained by summing up all the scores of the individuals pertaining to the item. Based on the total scores, the respondents were arranged in descending order. The top 25 percent of the respondents with their total scores and the bottom 25 percent of the respondents with their total scores were considered as the high-group and low-group respectively. The scale so developed finally consisted of twenty statements

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