A scale was developed to measure the Impact of KVK interventions on socio-economic upliftment of small landholding tribal farmers based on Likert’s technique. A tentative list of 45 statements was drafted keeping in view the applicability of statements suited to the area of study. The statements collected were edited in the light of the informal criteria suggested by Edward (1969) for scale construction. These statements were framed in such a way that they expressed the socio-economic upliftment of small landholding tribal farmers. The score of each individual item on the scale was calculated by summing up the weights of the individual items. The statements were sent to 80 judges with a request to critically evaluate each statement and give their response in three-point continuum viz., Most Relevant (MR), Relevant (R) and Not Relevant (NR) with unipolar scores 2, 1 and 0 respectively. Two types of tests where relevancy weightage and mean relevancy scores were worked out. The score of each individual item on the scale was calculated by summing up the weights of the individual items. On the basis of total score, 25 percent of the subjects with the highest total score and also 25 percent of the subjects with lowest total scores were taken assuming that these groups provided criterion groups in terms of high and low evaluated by the individual statement. In order to find out the discriminating index for each item, ‘t’ value was calculated using the formula and procedure given by Edward and Kilpatrick (1957). The scale so developed finally consisted of 18 statements (9 for Social and 9 for economic) whose ‘t’ values were found to be significant at five percent and one percent level of probability

socio-economic scale, continuum, reliability, validity

The socio-economic upliftment scale developed in this study aids in measurement of socio-economic upliftment of tribal farmers by adopting recommended KVK intervention. The socio-economic upliftment of small landholding tribal farmers involves in the implementation of strategies and initiatives to improve the well-being and opportunities of individuals who living in rural areas. It encompasses various aspects such as education, health, employment, gender equality, and community participation. Out of 32 statements, 18 statements were retained on the final scale. The reliability and validity of the scale indicates its precision and consistency of the results (Jaisridhar et al., 2013). The final socio-economic upliftment of small landholding tribal farmers scale developed in this study and can be administered to farmers with suitable modifications in further studies for determining the socio-economic upliftment of small landholding tribal farmers by adopting KVK interventions

Sundarlal Alawa, Seema Naberia, S.R.K. Singh, R.S. Raghuvanshi, Umesh Singh, Sarita Singh, Ashutosh Singh Rajpoot and Arpit Somtiya (2025). Development a Scale to Measure Impact of KVK Interventions on Socio-economic upliftment of Small Landholding Tribal Farmers. Biological Forum, 17(6): 122-128.