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Title Characterization of Research Nodes: an integrative approach through indexing
 
Names Das, K.K
Bhattacharya, P.M.
Ghosh, A.K.
Dhar, T.
Pradhan, K.
Chowdhury, A.K.
Joshi, P.K.
Gathala, M.K.
Date Issued 2016 (iso8601)
Abstract Appropriate understanding of situation is pre-requisite for effective implementation of
a development programme or scheme. One of the serious drawbacks in failure of most
of the developmental efforts (government, semi-government or non-government) is
probably, poor understanding of the given situation. There are various parameters for
characterising a situation and those (especially, the quantitative variables) are expressed
in differential units too. The present study has been attempted to define/characterize
research areas in terms of a unit free integrative approach namely, Farming System
Index (FSI). This indexing approach is based on some defined scales on different
variables. Development of FSI has been done by undertaking Focus Group Discussions
in five nodes of Malda, a northern district in West Bengal. Data corresponds to
agricultural year 2013−14. The selected nodes are characterised with the help of value
of FSI which ranges from 0.51 to 0.59 which is indicative of the very fact that the
village systems (i.e., node) lag substantially in development paradigm. Significance
in difference among nodes with respect to various traits has been judged by following
Kruskal-Wallis test followed by Bonferroni multiple comparison test. But, the source
or cause of backwardness is not uniform in all the nodes. Accordingly prioritization
of intervening issues has been done for each selected node which will be beneficial
for effective implementation of future developmental programmes.
Genre Article
Access Condition Restricted Access
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10883/18240