Conventional farmers' attitude toward the organic farming: a study on North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India

Organic farming is an important sustainable farming approach in the present day, and this farming is gaining popularity all around the world. Despite widespread awareness of the potential environmental degradation and climatic change that sustained inorganic farming practices may cause, the majority of farmers in the Gangetic delta region still produce their crops inorganically. This paper envisages the intention of conventional farmers toward organic farming in the Gangetic delta region of the West Bengal based on the 162 conventional farmers' interviews. The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) provided the framework for formulating the study's theoretical framework. Age, educational background, gender, farm size, cost, benefits, and attitude of organic farming are correlated with significant relationships (p <= 0.05). Chi-square analysis was applied to evaluate the research hypothesis, while descriptive statistics and factor analysis were used to describe the research outcome. Five out of nine variables are accepted as an effective aspect, which affects respondents' perception toward organic farming.