Determinants of Farmer's Uncertainty

Sankar Kumar Acharya, Abhishek Roy

• Publisher: CONTENT VIBES
• Year: 2025
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• eBook ISBN:
  9789372190663
• Subtopic: Agricultural Public Policy
• Index: Politics & International Relations

The book examines why Indian agriculture and rural livelihoods so often operate “on the edge” between order and chaos—and what can be done about it. Drawing on social entropy, game-theoretic intuition, and social-ecological systems thinking, the book maps how climate volatility, market swings, technological change, policy flux, and ecological stressors co-produce risk for farmers. It blends theory, a rich review of literature, and an empirically grounded study (with a rural Bengal focus) to identify the key determinants of perceived uncertainty across market, meteorological, technological, economic, and ecological domains. Methodologically, it pairs classical tools with modern analytics (ANN, FCM, AHP, ARIMA) to quantify uncertainty tolerance, trace inter- and intra-variable interactions, and translate findings into micro-level policy cues for real communities. The eight chapters move from concepts and methods to “social ecology and setting,” empirical revelation, and actionable conclusions, engaging with solutions such as crop insurance, FPOs, contract farming, livelihood diversification, and climate-resilient practices. This is a practical framework for scholars, policymakers, and extension professionals seeking resilient, pro-poor agricultural transformation in the face of rising entropy._x000D_ _x000D_ Key features_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Integrates social entropy and chaos insights with agricultural risk management._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Identifies and measures multi-domain uncertainty drivers affecting farmers._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Uses ANN/FCM/AHP/ARIMA to quantify perceptions and predict interactions._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Presents a clear, eight-chapter architecture from theory to field evidence._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Distills micro-policy recommendations for local social ecologies._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Anchors solutions in Indian contexts: FPOs, price stabilization, insurance, and climate-smart practices._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_

Table of contents

• 9789372190663_cover.pdf (p.1)
• 9789372190663_interior.pdf (p.2-179)