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Authors : Habibullah Ansari

Page Nos : 92-102

Description :
Role of psychology in rural development is very important to understand the farmers’ behaviours, perception, motivation, and crisis faced by them. The present study focussed on farmers’ perceptions regarding food production, agriculture, climate change and other crises they face involving 36 farmers in Gopalganj District of Bihar in the year 2009 applying interviews, informal group discussions and observation methods. It came out that due to migration of younger generation, increased cost of production, the impact of climate change, the danger of floods and damaging of crops by forest animals farmers were giving up their cultivation. However, the farmers have attempted sharecropping (Bataee) system but the gross production on the same piece of land has gone down tremendously. Animal Husbandry, an alternative support, has also been reduced tremendously. In all such attempts, farmers are losing their battle and thus motivations and hope to do cultivations further and were craving to get some respite from the government.

Date of Online: 30 may 2021