Scale to Measure the Attitude of Fish Farmers Towards the APART Project in Assam

Authors

  • Parag Saikia KVK, Kamrup, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, India
  • Dipak Kumar Sarma College of Fisheries, Assam Agricultural University, Nagaon, Assam, India
  • Rituparna Saikia KVK, Kamrup, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, India
  • Pabitra Kumar Saharia College of Fisheries, Assam Agricultural University, Nagaon, Assam, India
  • Manashi Hazarika SCSC, College of Agriculture, Assam, India
  • S M Hussain KVK East Siang, CHF, Central Agricultural University, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, India
  • Kaustabh Bhagawati College of Fisheries, Assam Agricultural University, Nagaon, Assam, India
  • Raktim Sarmah College of Fisheries, Assam Agricultural University, Nagaon, Assam, India
  • Dhiren Nath College of Fisheries, Assam Agricultural University, Nagaon, Assam, India
  • Madhusmita Deka KVK, Kamrup, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/IJEE.2024.602RT2

Keywords:

APART, Attitude, Fish farmers, Reliability, Scale product method

Abstract

A scale was constructed and standardized to measure the attitude of fish farmers towards scientific technologies demonstrated by “Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (APART)” from May 2021 to September 2022 in APART-fishery operated districts of Assam using the ‘Scale Product Method’. Sixty-five (65) experts responded unbiased to the 50 attitude statements related to recommended technologies of fish farming by the project. On the basis of scale values and Q values, only 28 statements were incorporated in the final attitude scale. When administered in a non-sample area, the reliability coefficient of the whole test was 0.90 using Rulon’s formula. Moreover, when the constructed attitude scale was administered among 180 APART beneficiaries during July, 2022 to September, 2022, majority i.e. 87.22 per cent of the respondents had most favourable attitude towards technologies demonstrated by APART project which is depicts the impact of the development programme. This attitude scale can be applied practically for measuring the attitude of fish farmers under similar programmes which will aid policy-makers in right decision-making. 

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Published

2024-04-08

Issue

Vol. 60 No. 2 (2024): Indian Journal of Extension Education ( APRIL-JUNE)

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Research Tool

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Saikia, P., Sarma, D.K., Saikia, R., Saharia, P.K., Hazarika, M., Hussain, S.M., … Deka, M. (Trans.). (2024). Scale to Measure the Attitude of Fish Farmers Towards the APART Project in Assam. Indian Journal of Extension Education, 60(2), 89–94. https://doi.org/10.48165/IJEE.2024.602RT2
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