The conflict and chaos: The indian agrarian psychic

The present research is an empirical estimation of conflict among farming community, who are constantly struggling with their inherent traditional knowledge and aspiration for modern techniques of farming with the hope of running their agricultural enterprise profitably. The research was conducted in the village, Ghoragachha in West Bengal. Face to face interview was conducted with 75 farmers with pre tested interview schedule. Major statistical tools used were, correlation, stepwise regression analysis and path analysis and data were analyzed with the help of SPSS-16. The dependent variable, conflict, was empirically estimated by using a dummy variable constructed against a set of marker statement. It was found that, independent variables vip. irrigation index (x₁₆), adoption leadership (x₁₇), innovation proneness (x₁₂), economic motivation (x₂₂), utilization of cosmopolite source of information (x₂₈) and information seeking behavior (x₂₉) were positively and significantly correlated with the dependent variable conflict(y). Stepwise regression analysis revealed that independent variables vip. utilization of cosmopolite source of information (x₂₈), family education status (x₃), occupation (x₈) and irrigation index (x₁₆) were retained at the last step of regression explaining 29 per cent variance imbedded in the dependent variable conflict. It was also found in path analysis that, annual income (x₁₃) had both highest direct as well as indirect effect on the predicted variable, conflict and family education status (x₃) had highest individual indirect effect on as many as 19 other exogenous variables, with the residual effect 0.69 explaining 31 per cent variance embedded in predicted variable. In this research, negative cognitive behavior as a conflict in the psyche of the farmers have been analyzed for it management to bring sustainable progress in a farm ecology.