Abstract

Rice wetland eco-system being highly fragile, the adverse effects of input intensive farming is prominent and far-reaching. It is very important in today's context to assess the knowledge level of stakeholders in eco-friendly rice farming, as this is integral in the adoption of such practices in rice. Hence a study was designed to develop a test and standardize it to measure the knowledge of stakeholders in eco-friendly rice farming. Item analysis comprising of difficulty index and discrimination index was employed in the test construction and the final test comprising of 15 items, with difficulty index value in the range of 10-75 and discrimination index ranging from 0.20 to 0.90 was standardized for administration.

Keywords: Eco-friendly rice farming, Item analysis, Difficulty index, Discrimination index, Validity.