FARMERS SENSITIVITY TOWARDS EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURE POLITICS ON FOOD SECURITY IN TAMIL NADU

Abstract

            The study focus on examining the effects created by the agricultural policies on food security and enhanced standard of living of farmers in Tamil Nadu. The study following the modus operandi of empirical research design and opinions from farmers is gathered to arrive at logical conclusion. The observations are analysed based on opinions given by the farmers of Tamil nadu. The interview schedule consists of three parts which involves demographic profile, scale of farming activities and food security of farmers in the study area. The study has used focused interview method which aims to generate interviews from the farmers. The sample design of the study consists of top five districts that are topping the lists based on higher level of assistance obtained from agricultural policies. The districts that are involved using the above criterion are Tenkasi, Thoothukudi, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur & Tiruchirappalli. These districts are selected based on the benefits obtained by the farmers based on agricultural policies. The availability of the population frame made the research to use simple random sampling. The study has used the Cochran sampling size formula to determine the sampling size. The formula has given a sample size of 384 and these farmers were selected from these five districts of Tamil Nadu. The hypothesis was framed to establish relationship among the agricultural politics and their role in food security as well as enhanced standard of living of farmers. The study has used the latent path model analysis to measure the quantitative relationship among agricultural politics and food security. The study concluded that agricultural politics has crucial role in enhancing the continued agricultural operations and food security of farmers in the state of Tamil Nadu.