Table 2 Performance of economical, ecological and social indicators in terms of factor loading/eigenvector values in principal component analysis (PCA).

From: Measuring farm sustainability index: priorities for sustaining livelihoods of farm households in Haryana, India

Components

PC1

PC2

PC3

PC4

PC5

Eigen values

9.539

4.768

3.016

2.548

1.947

% of variance

34.067

17.027

10.772

9.1

6.955

Cumulative %

34.067

51.094

61.866

70.966

77.921

Economic efficiency indicators

 Productivity of food grains

0.682

0.298

-0.204

0.315

0.463

 Fertilizer consumption

0.933

0.003

-0.072

-0.005

0.157

 Pesticide consumption

0.793

0.24

0.03

0.066

0.185

 Average size of land holdings

0.916

-0.113

-0.051

-0.069

-0.262

 Net sown area

0.865

-0.144

0.137

-0.122

-0.356

 Milk yield

0.527

-0.248

-0.14

0.168

-0.239

 Population served per bank

0.047

-0.575

0.660

-0.329

0.21

 Per capita income at current price

-0.341

0.747

-0.233

0.081

-0.136

 Annual rainfall

-0.414

0.267

0.033

0.731

0.323

 Capacity of state-owned warehouses

0.838

0.121

-0.124

-0.041

0.104

Ecological security indicators

 Cropping intensity

0.144

0.461

0.065

-0.348

-0.017

 Population density

-0.508

0.694

0.155

-0.207

0.074

 Livestock density

-0.242

0.406

0.274

-0.645

0.29

 Total forest area

-0.245

-0.037

-0.303

0.755

0.045

 Total cropped area

0.901

-0.08

0.075

-0.123

-0.315

 Deviation of annual rainfall

-0.098

-0.288

-0.589

0.135

-0.329

 Groundwater development stress

0.335

0.386

-0.48

-0.316

0.460

 Groundwater resource

0.049

-0.086

-0.607

-0.473

0.100

Social equity indicators

 Female literacy persons

0.217

0.9

0.129

0.009

-0.239

 Infant death /mortality

0.179

0.402

0.663

0.229

-0.02

 Road Lenth

0.864

-0.153

0.206

0.045

-0.277

 Number of agricultural electricity connections

0.797

0.076

-0.353

-0.162

0.283

 Number of primary agricultural credit societies

0.693

0.141

-0.114

0.152

0.393

 Employees of organized sectors

0.543

0.573

0.294

0.207

-0.308

 Govt. recognised school

0.65

-0.144

0.297

0.264

0.184

 Incidences of IPC crime

-0.059

0.922

0.183

0.026

-0.171

 Groundwater availability

0.851

0.094

0.034

0.102

0.132

 Teacher pupil ratio in primary

-0.023

-0.462

0.655

0.099

0.423

  1. Note: PC stands for principal component.