Table 1: Tools and techniques for assessing the accomplishments and impediments.

Sl. No.

Objective

Tools/ techniques

1

Estimation of net returns from different enterprise combination introduced in the model villages.

Budgeting technique

2

Ascertaining the influencing factors for choice of crops and improved rice varieties.

Probit analysis

3

Ranking of important traits influencing adoption of ICAR-NRRI rice varieties.

Garrett ranking technique

4

Identification of drought situation as well as coping strategies.

Calculation of standard precipitation index (SPI) from monthly rainfall data (2009-18); identification of coping strategies and ranking.

5

Assessment of credit demand and availability situation.

Estimation of credit demand; credit access.

6

Understand the perception of beneficiaries on convergence of activities by various organizations.

Recording of observation on 10-point scale and averaging; Mann-Whitney ‘U’ test to show the un-anonymity between beneficiary and non-beneficiary groups.