Development and Standardization of an Innovative Scale for Measuring the Socio-Economic Status of Agroforestry Farmers in South Gujarat, India
, Manmohan Dobriyal 2, Minalkumar B. Tandel 3, Rajesh Gunaga 3, Om Prakash Sharma 4, Yogesh A. Garde 5, Umesh Thakare 6, Ripu Kunwar 7, Sangram Chavan 8, Sumit Salunkhe 9, Narender Singh Thakur 3, Narendra Singh 10, Umesh Chinchmalatpure 11 and Ram Mevada 3
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
A very good work. Congratulations!
Author Response
Thank you very much!
For your valuable comments and encouragement that has value added my manuscript. This will attract the readers and helps them to understand the findings of my research in better way.
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Reviewer 2 Report
Introduction
1. Please discuss previous studies related to this topic and clearly highlight what has been done and point out the research gap and research contribution.
2. please provide one paragraph that explain the manuscript structure
3. the figure quality need to be improved
4. the value of this study is unclear, the author only emphasizing the finding rather that the value of the results
5. please provide the practical application for the implication
6. please elaborate the limitation of this study, and future research direction more clearly
Author Response
Thank you very much!
For your valuable comments and encouragement that has value added my manuscript. This will attract the readers and helps them to understand the findings of my research in better way.
Point 1: Please discuss previous studies related to this topic and clearly highlight what has been done and point out the research gap and research contribution.
Response 1: Action taken- As per suggestions, the previous studies related to the topic and research gaps and contribution has been incorporated to the manuscript. Kindly find the modifications in line number from 80-112.
Point 2: Please provide one paragraph that explain the manuscript structure
Response 2: Action taken- As per the suggestions the one paragraph that explaning the manuscript sturcture has been incorporated in the introdcution section of the manuscript. Kindly find the modifications in line numbers from 94-107.
Point 3: The figure quality need to be improved
Response 3: Action taken- As per the suggestion the refined version of the figure has been incorporated in the manuscrip. Kindly find the modifications in line numbers from 154-169,213-224, 368-370, 383-391.
Point 4: The value of this study is unclear, the author only emphasizing the finding rather that the value of the results
Response 4: Action taken- As per the suggestion the value of the result has been incorporated in the manuscript. Kindly find the modifications in line numbers from 324-553.
Point 5: Please provide the practical application for the implication
Response 5: Action taken- As per the suggestion the practical application for the implication of the atudy has been incorporated in the conclusion section. Kindly find the modifications in line numbers from 570-572, 576-581.
Point 6: Please elaborate the limitation of this study, and future research direction more clearly
Response 6: Action taken- As per the suggestion the limitation of this study, and future research direction has incorporated in the manuscript. Kindly find the modifications in line numbers from 568-581.
Regards
Reviewer 3 Report
Effective and efficient use of agricultural production resources in an indispensable field of economic activity such as agriculture will be possible with the information obtained with accurate data about these resources. In this respect, this manuscript, the product of your research on a new data processing method that serves this purpose, is an invaluable work. I wish you continued success.
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Author Response
Thank you very much!
For your valuable comments and encouragement that has value added my manuscript. This will attract the readers and helps them to understand the findings of my research in better way.
Point 1: The reviewer process would have been easier if line numbers had been added to the
manuscript
Response 1: Action taken- As per suggestions, the line numbers had been added to the manuscript. Kindly find the modifications in line numbers from 1-780.
Point 2: In the summary section, the sentence "The proposed scale is unique and flexible in terms of applicability and utility." is very assertive, meaning that no other way can be found, which does not fit the structure of scientific philosophy
Response 2: Action taken- As per the suggestions the mentioned sentence had been reframed and incorporated in the manuscript. Kindly find the modifications in line numbers from 46-49.
Point 3: Emphasize the "The main objective of this study is to develop and standardize the indicator
scale to assess the SES of farmer practicing agroforestry." statement of purpose in the summary section and conclusion as well
Response 3: Action taken- As per the suggestion the statement of purpose in the summary section and conlcusion had been modified. Kindly find the modifications in line numbers from 46-49.
Point 4: When you use an abbreviation, continue to use the abbreviation in sentences that continue after the sentence you used the abbreviation. Ex. socio-economic status (SES) used on pages 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, and 14. Agroforestry farmer (AF)
Response 4: Action taken- As per the suggestion did continue, the use the abbreviation in sentences. Kindly find the modification done in red colour in the manuscript. Kindly find the modifications in line numbers from 35-75, 7699, 100-124, 174-198,377-401.
Point 5: Place the mentioned figures and tables, which are referenced in the manuscript, immediately after the mentioned sentence or in the position closest to that sentence
Response 5: Action taken- As per the suggestion all the figures and tables are placed after the mentioned sentence. Kindly find the modification in the manuscript. Kindly find the modifications in line numbers from 154-169, 213-224, 368-370, 383-391.
Regards
Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
the authors have been addressed my comments
