Socioeconomic factors
a) Resources:
- Availability, accessibility and affordability of resources determines the nature of farming system
- Natural resources: Land, water, forest
- Physical resources/infrastructure: road, electricity, irrigation structure, store house
- Farm machineries
- Financial resources: capital, access to loan, willingness to invest
- Human resources: labor, skilled manpower
b) Social setting
- Ethnic group: like Bhramin, Indigenous, Dalits affects the choice of enterprises
- Cultural setting: beliefs, opinions, and religious aspects of a certain location
- Economically active population
c) Family setting:
- Number of family members
- Gender
- Division of labor
- Perception toward agriculture
d) Market facility:
- availability of inputs,
- accessibility of market,
- affordability of inputs
- collection centre for selling output,
- pricing system
e) Government policy:
- Subsidies,
- pricing system,
- insurance,
- loan,
- technical services
f) Linkage and Coordination: among the stakeholders
- Producers
- Consumers
- Researcher
- Extension officer
- Policy makers