An Integrated SWARA, QFD, and ISM Approach for Agricultural Injuries in India

Debesh Mishra and Suchismita Satapathy
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Debesh Mishra: KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Suchismita Satapathy: KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India

International Journal of Decision Support System Technology (IJDSST), 2020, vol. 12, issue 2, 1-24

Abstract: A survey was carried out to study and collect data about the agricultural farmer injuries of Odisha in India. Five villages with major population with farming as occupation were selected. A total of 145 farmers were selected for the study. It was found that, the number of accidents by hand tools such as spades, plain edge sickles, serrated sickles, and shovels were 13 (16.45%), 6 (7.59%), 11 (13.92%), and 7 (8.86%), respectively. Also, it was observed that maximum number of male and female farmers who were victims of agricultural injury were in the age group of 31 to 45. A smaller number of injured farmers were found in the age group of 18 to 30. Factor analysis followed by the SWARA method was used to rank the important variables which were found as the causes for agricultural accidents or injuries by the responses obtained through questionnaires. Finally, QFD & Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) and MICMAC analysis was performed, to frame design requirements in the form of safety requirements.

Date: 2020
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