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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 5
First page : (47) Last page : (50)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8365

Measuring the Attitude of the Farmers towards Agriculture as a Profession

Tapan Kumar Mandal^1* and Shehanaz Alam^2
1Professor, ²PG Student 
Department of Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agriculture
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal- 741252
*Corresponding Author E-mail: drtkm2010@gmail.com
Received: 2.09.2020 | Revised: 7.10.2020 | Accepted: 12.10.2020 

 ABSTRACT

The study was conducted in the village of Ghoragacha in Nadia District, West Bengal with 70 respondents to gauge the attitude of farmers towards agriculture as a profession. For a country like India, which is the greatest consumer of food, a scarcity of farmers might affect the food security of the country. This study will give an insight into the inner feelings of the farmers and whether the farmers are interested in continuing this farming profession in the future. The attitude score was grouped into three categories, low score, medium score and high according to mean and standard deviation. The study revealed that majority of the farmers obtained medium score followed by low and high score respectively.

Keywords: Agriculture, Attitude, Food security, Mean, Standard deviation.

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Cite this article: Mandal, T. K., & Alam, S. (2020). Measuring the Attitude of the Farmers towards Agriculture as a Profession, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(5), 47-50. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8365