Modeling of Farmers’ Preferences towards Climate-Smart Agriculture Using Conjoint Analysis

Abhilash Singh Maurya; Bhartendu Yadav; Bhavesh; Sarju Narain; Joginder Singh Malik

doi:10.48165/IJEE.2025.61418

Authors

Abhilash Singh Maurya CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar
Bhartendu Yadav
Bhavesh
Sarju Narain
Joginder Singh Malik

https://doi.org/10.48165/IJEE.2025.61418

Keywords:

Conjoint Analysis, Farmer's Preferences, Climate Smart Agriculture, Adaptation, Sustainable Agriculture

Abstract

Climate change poses a significant threat to agricultural productivity, particularly for smallholder farmers in India. The study utilized a mixed-method approach, which involved 150 farmers and expert consultations from Punjab and Uttar Pradesh states related to the domain in the year 2024-25. Farmers' preferences were studied using CSA attributes: productivity, adaptation, and mitigation, deploying the conjoint analysis. It was found that the farmers are continuously affected by the dynamic weather conditions, causing irregular rainfall to impact crop health and eventually crop yield. Although awareness related to CSA was present but its adoption was very low due to the absence of infrastructure and technology. A gap was found between the recommendation of the experts related to integrated and efficient nutrient management and the farmers' adoption level. As a result of the conjoint analysis, it was found that the adaptation attribute was highly favoured by the farmers, followed by the other two, i.e., mitigation and productivity. The reliability of the model was supported by Pearson’s R (0.934) and Kendall’s tau (0.856), which revealed a strong connection between the prediction and the actual preferences.

Author Biographies

Bhartendu Yadav

Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara-144411 (Punjab) India
Bhavesh

Ph.D. Scholar, Western Sydney University, Australia
Sarju Narain

Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension, BNPG College, Rath, Hamirpur-210431 (Uttar Pradesh) India
Joginder Singh Malik

Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension Education, CCS HAU, Hisar-125004 (Haryana) India

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