Assessing Attitude towards Activities of Rangamati Watershed Development Project in Cooch Behar District of West Bengal, India
Journal Title: Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology - Year 2017, Vol 19, Issue 3
Abstract
Aims: Assessing the level of favourable attitude towards the activities of watershed development project and impact of attitude on extracting benefits from the project. Study Design: Before-after study design. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in Rangamati watershed development project in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal, India. The geographical location of this watershed is 26°26'28" N to 26°29'21" N latitude and 89°11'17" E to 89°13'47" E longitude. Methodology: 60 households (30 each from project beneficiary and non-beneficiary) were selected for the study. The attitude was assessed based on an attitude measurement scale. Value on the scale varies from ‘−2’ (most unfavourable attitude) through ‘+2’ (most favourable attitude). Results: Persons having moderately favourable attitude dominated both the beneficiaries (70%) and non-beneficiaries (86.67%) of the watershed area with a mean attitude score of 1.38 and 1.22 respectively. Although both had favourable attitude towards the activities of watershed, but Fisher Exact test value was significant at p = .009 level; which implies that the beneficiary respondents had significantly more favourable attitude than the non-beneficiaries. It is also seen from the study that the level of favourableness of attitude directly varies with the level of adoption of crop production technology [correlation coefficient (r)=0.288; p = .05) and watershed development technology (r=0.269; p = .05), change in cropped area in dry season (r=0.249; p = .10), change in crop diversity (r=0.291; p = .05), and change in occupation diversity (r=0.320; p = .05), which implies that more the attitude was favourable, more they gained the benefits. Conclusion: The watershed development project has a positive effect in changing peoples’ attitude towards its activity. Favourable attitude helps to reap more benefit from the project.
Authors and Affiliations
Bablu Ganguly, Amita Hanglem, Yanglem Lakshimai Devi, Deepa Roy, Sabita Mondal, P. K. Pal
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