Development of Scale to Measure Attitude of farmers towards IARI-Voluntary Organizations Partnership Extension Model: a Methodological Approach

Farmers’ attitude towards any agricultural development program is a critical input to policy makers in evaluating the proposed program and it will also help them in designing future innovative model. A scale was constructed to measure the attitude of the farmers towards IARI-Voluntary Organizations Partnership Extension Model based on Likert's summative rating technique of scale construction. The scale consisted of final 21 statements including 16 positive and 5 negative statements.. Reliability of the scale was calculated by using split half method and reliability coefficient was 0.82. Validity of the scale was tested by experts’ judgement. The reliability and validity of the scale indicates its consistency and precision of the results. This scale can be used to measure the attitude of farmers in similar situation beyond the study area with suitable modifications.