Business Approach of Organic Farming in Punjab: Farmers Perspective

Vol-4 | Issue-6 | June 2019 | Published Online: 10 June 2019    PDF ( 376 KB )
Author(s)
Amritpal 1; Dr. Surat Singh 2

1Research Scholar, Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh (India)

2Professor of Economics, Department of Management, Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh (India)

Abstract

The present study is an attempt to identify the Business approach towards organic farming in Punjab by analysing 400 farmers who have been interviewed personally through a structured questionnaire in four districts of Punjab, namely Patiala, Sangrur, Fatehgarh sahib and Mohali. The factor analysis technique has been used which explained 72.87 percent of the total variance. 13 factors has been extracted from the study. The findings show that currently organic farming is booming in india and farmers also expecting future of organic farming.

Keywords
Factor Analysis, Correlation, Organic farming, Eigen Values, variance, Punjab.
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