Exploring the relationship between subjective wellbeing and groundwater attitudes and practices of farmers in Rural India

Ward, John; Varua, Maria Estela; Maheshwari, Basant; Oza, Sachin; Purohit, R. C.; Hakimuddin,; Dave, S.

doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.05.037

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“…Sesuai dengan konsep kesejahteraan untuk mengetahui konsep dasar sosial ekonomi teori yang digunakan adalah kesejahteraan subyektif. Kesejahteraan subyektif merupakan kesejahteraan yang diukur dari perasaan seseorang yang meliputi emosi dan kepuasan seseorang (Ward et al, 2016). Penilian secara subyektif lebih mencerminkan indikator-indikator yang menggambarkan kesejahteraan petani dibanding dengan penilaian secara obyektif.…”

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Rifa’i

Mardiansjah²

2018

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This study examines the impact of agricultural land use change into a petroleum mining area to farmers’ socioeconomic conditions around petroleum mining project area in Gayam District of Kabupaten Bojonegoro. The analyses used a mix method, using both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The quantitative approach is used to determine the impact of agricultural land use change on the social and economic aspects with the respondent farmers were supported with a scoring method to determine the condition of socioeconomic vulnerability of farmers, while the qualitative approach carried out through in-depth interviews to some informants who have been affected by the project. The results shows that the presence of the petroleum mining industry has not had a positive impact yet on the farmers’ socioeconomic conditions. By the 700 hectares of agricultural land conversion, the agricultural production capacity of the area tends to decrease, including by the decreasing of the productivity of some agricultural land in a radius of 500 m from the fenceof the mining area as they are affected by the fence’s spotlight. The farmers' income also tends to decrease because of the decreasing of their working hours as the big loss of agricultural land in the area. As a result, many farmers should work outside of the area to search replacement of the arable land. These situations lead to a moderate condition of social and economic vulnerability for the farmers, especially for those who still have sufficient assets to meet the needs of their economic.

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Dampak Perubahan Penggunaan Lahan Pertanian Terhadap Sosial Ekonomi Petani Sekitar Lokasi Pertambangan Banyu Urip Kecamatan Gayam Kabupaten Bojonegoro

Rifa’i

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“…In addition, subjective well‐being research in the Indian context has not focused on empirical investigations of the association between subjective well‐being and the increased availability of surface water for farming through rehabilitated canals. Instead, studies have considered subjective well‐being responses among Indian households with respect to the consumption of goods (Linssen, Van Kempen, & Kraaykamp, 2011), privilege and deprivation in access to water, electricity, and toilet facilities (Mishra & Shukla, 2016), household well‐being and aquifer sustainability in Indian watersheds (Ward et al, 2016), and the importance of natural capital over economic capital for satisfying the well‐being of rural and indigenous societies in India (Zorondo‐Rodríguez et al, 2016), among others. Thus, assessments of the role of rehabilitated irrigation infrastructure in changing the subjective well‐being among rural farmers in India have not been considered in any studies, as far as we are aware.…”

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Does subjective well‐being matter when assessing the impacts of irrigation infrastructure? Empirical evidence from Madhya Pradesh, India

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Dadson

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2022

Irrigation and Drainage

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Investments to rehabilitate irrigation infrastructure aim to enhance climate resilience and improve farmers' livelihoods in the face of hydrological risks. Studies seeking to assess the impacts from investments in irrigation primarily focus on yield and income‐related poverty measures. This approach provides an incomplete picture of the distributional implications of investments, such as the impact of rehabilitated irrigation infrastructure on the subjective well‐being of farmers. Drawing on data from 707 farmers in Madhya Pradesh, India, we explore whether investments to rehabilitate irrigation infrastructure are associated with changes in subjective well‐being among smallholders. Our findings show a positive relationship between farmers with access to rehabilitated surface irrigation and well‐being improvements. Results reveal that farmers in areas with rehabilitated irrigation canals experience improvements in subjective well‐being which are 20%–30% higher in comparison to farmers in areas without rehabilitated canals. When results are disaggregated, we find a larger positive effect on well‐being for farmers in deficient‐rainfall areas compared to average‐ or high‐rainfall areas. The integration of contextual factors related to subjective well‐being into future assessments of infrastructure investments in India can enhance knowledge of the multidimensional benefits of canal irrigation among diverse farming groups facing differing degrees of hydrological risk.

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“…Many attitude based research do stay away from the long scale development procedures. In many cases, the researchers do employ alternative means of assessing attitude by modification of the existing standardized scale for their current research (Nikam et al 2014, Meena and or collect pool of statements from the literature review and administered them to the respondents in Likert form for their level of agreement (Fitzsimons and Wescott 2007, Siebert et al 2010, Badola et al 2012, Ashoori et al 2016, Ward et al 2016. The limitation to these types of research procedures is the question of reliability of the modified scale and its validity.…”

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Development of scale for assessing farmers' attitude towards precision conservation agricultural practices

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Attitude is a behavioural construct that cannot be measured by a single variable, hence the need for developing a standardized instrument for its measurement. The present study has been conducted to develop a reliable and valid instrument for exploration of farmers’ attitudinal orientation towards Precision Conservation Agricultural Practices (PCAPs). PCAPs are technologies and practices that are capable of helping farmers to apply right resources at the right place, at the right time, with a right method. The combination of these technologies and practices can help in achieving optimum resource stewardship and resource conservation at the farmers’ field. However, the attitude of farmers’ may influence the uptake of these practices at farmers’ field. A step by step procedure of developing standardized attitude scale was followed using Likert’s summated rating approach. The steps include item collection, relevancy test, item analysis, reliability test as well as validity test. Finally, thirty items were selected for the attitude scale which were found reliable at Spearman Brown coefficient of 0.75 and satisfied content validity. The attitude scale may be useful for researchers and extension functionaries in the field of Precision Conservation Agriculture (PCA) as well as climate smart agriculture (CSA).

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Exploring the relationship between subjective wellbeing and groundwater attitudes and practices of farmers in Rural India

Cited by 11 publications

References 48 publications

Dampak Perubahan Penggunaan Lahan Pertanian Terhadap Sosial Ekonomi Petani Sekitar Lokasi Pertambangan Banyu Urip Kecamatan Gayam Kabupaten Bojonegoro

Dampak Perubahan Penggunaan Lahan Pertanian Terhadap Sosial Ekonomi Petani Sekitar Lokasi Pertambangan Banyu Urip Kecamatan Gayam Kabupaten Bojonegoro

Does subjective well‐being matter when assessing the impacts of irrigation infrastructure? Empirical evidence from Madhya Pradesh, India

Development of scale for assessing farmers' attitude towards precision conservation agricultural practices

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