Expert-Consensus Strategies for Mitigating Farmer Distress in India

61 expert-driven strategies for mitigating farmer distress in India were evaluated using the Fuzzy Delphi Method. 47 strategies (77.0%) achieved consensus based on criteria including ease of application, cost-effectiveness, and alignment with Sustainable Development Goals. The dataset, authored by Suman Roy and last updated in March 2026, provides a multi-sectoral policy roadmap.

Use Cases

• Prioritizing policy interventions based on expert-rated criteria like ease of application and cost-effectiveness.
• Analyzing consensus-building outcomes for strategies across production, psychological, marketing, financial, and legal domains.
• Identifying gaps in policy frameworks by examining rejected strategies, such as those related to rural banking limitations.

Strengths

• 47 validated strategies provide a concrete, expert-consensus policy roadmap.
• Strategies are rated on four specific criteria: ease of application, cost-effectiveness, relevance, and policy alignment.
• Methodology uses the Fuzzy Delphi Method to systematically aggregate expert judgments and reduce ambiguity.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 50.3 KB DOCX file, indicating a very limited scope focused on textual results.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

Suman Roy via figshare.

Collection Method

Fuzzy Delphi Method aggregating expert judgments.

Time Range

Study period not specified; dataset updated March 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-17 13:06:53; freshness should be verified.

Geography

India.