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The Official Journal of the Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS)

Table 9 Economic factors for avoiding farming as a profession (n = 100)

From: Predictive factors to avoid farming as a livelihood

Sr. no.

Statements

Mean

Rank

1.

The productivity of farm was very law

3.65

VI

2.

High cost of production

4.03

II

3.

High risk because as it is nature-dependent profession

4.11

I

4.

Cost of fertilizers was high

3.79

IV

5.

Agrochemicals cost was high

3.72

V

6.

Hybrid seeds were costlier

3.88

III

7.

Insufficient funds for farming

3.56

VII

8.

Difficulties to access agricultural loan with the reasonable interest rate

3.44

IX

9.

Unfriendly crop insurance system

3.46

VIII