Author(s): Kalyani Singh, Dr. Sanghamitra Mohapatra, Dr. Aarti Singh, Sangram Paramguru and Dr. Manju Mahananda

Abstract:
Satisfaction is a state of mind. It is an evaluative appraisal of something. The term refers to both “contentment” and “enjoyment”. As such it covers cognitive as well as affective appraisals. Satisfaction can be both evanescent and stable through time. Current synonyms for life satisfaction are “happiness” and “subjective well-being”. One advantage in using the term “life-satisfaction” rather than the word “happiness” is that it emphasizes the subjective character of the concept. The word happiness is also used to refer to an objective good, especially by philosophers. The term life-satisfaction has the advantage over the label of “subjective well-being” is that life-satisfaction refers to an overall evaluation of life rather than to current feelings or to specific psychosomatic symptoms. The concept of life satisfaction is part of a broader field of enquiry, commonly referred as Quality of Life (QoL), which is one of the prime areas of interest in positive psychology. The prime concern in that field is to develop criteria for the good life. Older farmers are often viewed as less flexible and less willing to engage in a new or innovative activity due to fear of risk whereas young farmers may take more risk averse to implement new technologies on their farm. Hence the influence of age on farmers’ satisfaction is to be researched. The data obtained were quantified and put to statistical analysis for drawing meaningful conclusions. This paper concluded that there was an overall positive response of farmers and need for a strategy to improve farmer’s life satisfaction.