Optimization Techniques in Engineering
by Anita Khosla, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Ikbal Ali, Dheeraj Joshi
17Identification and Prioritization of Risk Factors Affecting the Mental Health of Farmers
Hullash Chauhan1, Suchismita Satapathy1*, A. K. Sahoo1 and Debesh Mishra2
1School of Mechanical Engineering, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
2Mechanical Engineering Department, BEC, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Abstract
There has been a global concern in recent times over mental health issues of farmers. These studies aim to close a significant gap in sympathetic of the possible key risk factor affect mental health of farmers throughout the world. In this study, based on the extensive review of literature and discussion with farmers, as well as experts in agriculture, the risk factors in agriculture leading to mental stress of farmers were identified. Then, by the use of ELimination and Choice Expressing REality (ELECTRE) technique, as one of the latest multicriteria decision-making technique are selected to solve the problems of the possible key risk factor affect mental health of farmers. The results show that the purpose of this technique is quite helpful for decision making and all the identified risk factors were ranked according to the method has succeed to get the best alternative from highest to low based on their preferences.
Keywords: Characteristics, ELECTRE, farmers, mental health, risk factors
17.1 Introduction
A number of working health-risks of the agri-farm community has been identified through different studies, and the farming has also been specified ...
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