Kumar, B. Mohan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9716-6856
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (F. No. 9 (24)/2018-ES-HRD dated 2 July 2018)
Kerala Agricultural University (Non-financial support)
Article History
Received: 1 September 2022
Accepted: 2 February 2023
First Online: 7 April 2023
Declarations
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: The author declares that he has no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. The author further declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
: Not applicable.
: An ethics approval was not required as per the Kerala Agricultural University guidelines and national regulations. However, the expert committee of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi has reviewed and approved the study as a competitive research grant.
: Verbal informed consent was obtained from all research participants (180 farmer respondents) of the field study according to institutional and national requirements and no minors (non-adults) participated in this research. Verbal approval (prior) from the head of the family also was obtained for conducting the field survey.