Analysis of Influential Barriers in Plant Burgeoning Using AHP Technique
Manisha Sharma, Hemant Upadhyay, Chanchal Upadhyay
Abstract
Unprecedented changes in the climate may influence productivity of the plants. Life on Earth depends on plants as they create oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. It becomes relevant to recognize the potential barriers impacting plant burgeoning. A set of twelve key barriers in burgeoning of plants has been shortlisted by literature survey and categorized as ‘Environmental factors‘, ‘Terrestrial factors’, ‘Human factors ‘. Analytic Hierarchy Process technique has been selected for ranking critical barriers in burgeoning of plants. All pair wise comparison matrices fabricated in AHP are taken from a survey with inputs from academicians, researchers, biologists, agriculture scientists. It is clearly evident from the findings of the present work that ‘Light’ in ‘Environmental factors‘ category; ‘Water’ in ‘Terrestrial factors‘ category and ‘Deforestation’ in ‘Human factors‘ category prove to be the most influential barriers in burgeoning of plants in their respective categories. On the other hand ‘Humidity’ in ‘Environmental factors‘ category; ‘Flood’ in ‘Terrestrial factors‘ category and ‘Pollution’ in ‘Human factors’ category have been detected as the barriers with least impact in burgeoning of plants in their respective categories. The outcome will be crucial for the strategists in establishing effective strategies and techniques to deal with significant obstacles to plant burgeoning.