Title: Economic sustainability of organic farming: an empirical study on farmer's prospective

Authors: Shubham Garg; Karam Pal Narwal; Sanjeev Kumar

Addresses: Haryana School of Business, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India ' Haryana School of Business, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India ' Haryana School of Business, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India

Abstract: The shifting from conventional farming to organic farming creates a lot of hurdles and economic constraints for farmers. Therefore, the current study endeavours to examine the perspective and barriers perceived by the farmers in conversion to organic farming in Haryana by employing exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) for developing a comprehensive instrumental scale. The proposed instrument is validated with 45 experts selected using snowball random sampling. Finally, the study has collected a random sample of 276 farmers using stratified random sampling. The result of EFA affirms five major barrier factors perceived by farmers in conversion to organic farming explaining 65.166% of the total variance. Moreover, the results of CFA confirm the five factors and proposed instrument. This study will surely assist the government and policymakers in formulating policies on organic farming in making it more viable in India.

Keywords: constraints; confirmatory factor analysis; CFA; economic viability; exploratory factor analysis; EFA; premium prices; prospective; sustainability.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSAMI.2024.137659

International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Management and Informatics, 2024 Vol.10 No.2, pp.121 - 142

Received: 16 Apr 2023
Accepted: 11 Jun 2023
Published online: 02 Apr 2024 *

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