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Construction of a Scale to Measure Correlates of Adoption of Sustainable Domains in On-Farm Testing Interventions

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Title Construction of a Scale to Measure Correlates of Adoption of Sustainable Domains in On-Farm Testing Interventions
 
Creator Safna Vatakke Kandy Meethal
Allan Thomas
 
Subject Correlates; Adoption; Dimensions; Sustainable recommendation domains; On farm testing; Interventions; Improved technologies; practices
Agricultural Extension Education
 
Description The study was conducted in 2023 with an aim to identify SRDs and develop a reliable scale for adoption correlates within these domains. The development of the scale follows a systematic Likert scale development methodology involving identification of SRDs of OFT interventions, delineation of different dimensions of each correlate of adoption, dimension analysis and selection, and its standardisation by reliability and validity assessment. The final scale comprises 32 dimensions under seven adoption correlates, selected via exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and item discrimination index calculation. The scale demonstrated strong content, construct, and convergent validity, with an average variance extracted (AVE) value of 0.69 and composite reliability (CR) score of 0.97. It also exhibited high internal consistency, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.97 and a split-half reliability coefficient of 0.963. The standardized scale is effective for measuring factors related to the adoption of improved technologies and practices, providing a valuable tool for researchers in various fields. The administration of the developed scale and the subsequent correlation analysis revealed significant relationships, with human resource correlates showing the highest correlation (r = 0.895), followed closely by technological (r = 0.872) and economic correlates (r = 0.87), underscoring the critical factors influencing farmers' adoption behaviour.
 
Publisher Indian Society of Extension Education, ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
 
Date 2024-10-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer reviewed Research Tool
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJEE/article/view/153851
10.48165/IJEE.2024.604RT1
 
Source Indian Journal of Extension Education; Vol. 60 No. 4 (2024): Indian Journal of Extension Education; 112-117
2454-552X
0537-1996
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJEE/article/view/153851/56070
 
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