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Inventive Behaviour of Farm Scientists: A Structural Equation Model


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1 National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030, India
2 Farmers’ Training Institute, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru 560 065, India
3 Agricultural Extension, Diploma Agriculture College, Kathalagere 577 219, India

The farm scientists working in State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), strive to solve the problems of farmers from different agro-climatic zones of the country. Inventions of them are crucial for change. Therefore, the present study explores different dimensions that can be included to measure the inventive behaviour of farm scientists, especially in SAUs, as reflected in the model developed. Moreover, this study illustrates how the dimensions identified have implications for the inventive behaviour of farm scientists that helps to overcome the lacuna in this competitive, innovative research environment.

Keywords

Agricultural universities, farm scientists, factor analysis, inventive behaviour, scientific temper
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Balusu Gopichand
National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030, India
V. L. Madhuprasad
Farmers’ Training Institute, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru 560 065, India
G. Chaitra
Agricultural Extension, Diploma Agriculture College, Kathalagere 577 219, India

Abstract


The farm scientists working in State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), strive to solve the problems of farmers from different agro-climatic zones of the country. Inventions of them are crucial for change. Therefore, the present study explores different dimensions that can be included to measure the inventive behaviour of farm scientists, especially in SAUs, as reflected in the model developed. Moreover, this study illustrates how the dimensions identified have implications for the inventive behaviour of farm scientists that helps to overcome the lacuna in this competitive, innovative research environment.

Keywords


Agricultural universities, farm scientists, factor analysis, inventive behaviour, scientific temper



DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv126%2Fi3%2F368-373