Developing a Scale to Measure the Attitude of the Farmers’ towards Natural Disaster Management

A scale measuring the attitude of farmers towards disaster management is developed using the equal appearing interval scale method, which comprises of 8 statements finally. (four positive and four negative). The scale is administered to the 240 farmers for the purpose of the study. The study was conducted in Krishna and NTR districts of Andhra Pradesh. Forty farmers from each mandal were selected using proportionate random sampling technique with the help of pretested interview schedule. The results of the study revealed that 76.67 per cent of the respondents were having medium level attitude towards disaster management followed by high (16.67%) and low (6.67%) respectively. From the above findings it is concluded that disaster management team should take necessary steps to change the rate of attitude of farmers towards disaster management.