Comparative analysis of farmer and professional preferences towards conservation agriculture practices in Kendujhar, Odisha; an analytical hierarchy process study

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2012

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College Station, Texas, USA: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review

Abstract

This study compares farmer and professional mental perceptions, in the village of Tentuli, India, of their preferences of specific conservation agricultural production systems and objectives as they relate to the goal of improved income. The analytical hierarchy process is used to compare mental perceptions of various agricultural technology characteristics. Results reveal that farmers prefer intercrop/ plow with yield, while professionals prefer intercrop/ minimum tillage with profit as the most preferred objective. Results can be used to support and promote collaborations amongst stakeholders and farmers to reduce perception gaps and provide recommendations towards other agricultural efforts in extension, government and agribusiness.

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Participatory processes, Soil conservation, Small-scale farming, Sustainable agriculture, Conservation tillage, Traditional farming, Universities, Subsistence production, Participatory process, Conservation tillage, Intercrop, Tillage, Small-scale agriculture, Subsistence agriculture, Soil conservation, Analytic hierarchy process (ahp), Bhubaneswar, India, Kendujhar, Orissa, Farm/Enterprise Scale

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Published at the proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Food and Agribusiness Management Association World Forum and Symposium, Shanghai, China, 11-14 June 2012