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Table 1.

Sampling procedure adopted for the primary survey in the Hyderabad-Karnataka region

Stages	Selection	Unit name/number	Criteria/procedure
First stage	Three high paddy production districts were selected (out of six districts of Hyderabad-Karnataka region)	Ballary, Koppala and Raichur	Districts were selected based on the highest number of paddy production
Second stage	One taluk* from each district was selected	Shirguppa from Ballary district Gangavati from Koppala district Sindanur from Raichur district	The taluks were selected based on the highest paddy production
Third Stage	Major paddy-growing farmers	30 farmers were selected from each taluk comprising of 90 farmers	A general rule of thumb for the large enough sample condition is that n ≥ 30, where n is your sample size. Cohen (1990).

Stages	Selection	Unit name/number	Criteria/procedure
First stage	Three high paddy production districts were selected (out of six districts of Hyderabad-Karnataka region)	Ballary, Koppala and Raichur	Districts were selected based on the highest number of paddy production
Second stage	One taluk* from each district was selected	Shirguppa from Ballary districtGangavati from Koppala districtSindanur from Raichur district	The taluks were selected based on the highest paddy production
Third Stage	Major paddy-growing farmers	30 farmers were selected from each taluk comprising of 90 farmers	A general rule of thumb for the large enough sample condition is that n ≥ 30, where n is your sample size. Cohen (1990).

Note:

*Taluks are administrative sub-units of the district and it may vary from 2 to 10 or more depending on the geographical area of the district