scholarly journals Attitude of Coastal Rural Youth towards Some Selected Modern Agricultural Technologies

1970 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-138
Author(s):  
ME Uddin ◽  
MU Rashid ◽  
MGR Akanda
Keyword(s):  
Structured Interview ◽  
Rural Youth ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Favorable Attitude ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Family Farm ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Agricultural Knowledge

The main objective of the study was to determine the attitude of the coastal rural youth towards some selected modern agricultural technologies. Data were collected from randomly selected 91 coastal rural youth of Patuakhali district using a pre-tested structured interview schedule during 15 May to 31 May 2007. Attitude of the coastal rural youth towards some selected modern agricultural technologies was the dependent variable of the study. Ten selected individual characteristics of the coastal rural youth namely age, education, family size, family farm size, family annual income, aspiration, innovativeness, extension media contact, agricultural knowledge and time spent in agricultural activities were considered as the independent variables of the study. Highest proportion (71.43%) of the coastal rural youth had moderately favorable attitude while 10.99% and 17.58% youth showed unfavorable and favorable attitude, respectively, towards selected modern agricultural technologies. Education, innovativeness and agricultural knowledge of the coastal rural youth had positive and significant relationship with their attitude towards selected modern agricultural technologies. The other variables did not show any significant relationship.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jard.v6i1.1670J Agric Rural Dev 6(1&2), 133-138, June 2008

scholarly journals Attitude of Coastal Rural Youths Towards Some Selected Modern Livestock Technologies

2010 ◽  
pp. 29-35
Author(s):  
MU Rashid ◽  
ME Uddin
Keyword(s):  
Structured Interview ◽  
Rural Youth ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Family Farm ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Favourable Attitude ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Agricultural Knowledge

A study was conducted to determine the attitude of the coastal rural youth towards some selected modern livestock technologies. Data were collected from randomly selected 91 youths of Patuakhali district using a structured interview schedule during 15 May to 31 May 2007. Coastal rural youths’ attitude towards some selected livestock technologies was the dependent variable of the study. Ten selected individual characteristics of the respondents namely, age, education, family size, family farm size, family annual income, aspiration, innovativeness, extension media contact, agricultural knowledge and time spent in agricultural activities were considered as the independent variables of the study. Majority of the coastal rural youth (49.4 percent) had moderately favourable attitude, while 28.6 per cent had less favourable and 22 per cent had highly favourable attitude to modern livestock technologies. Among the ten selected independent variables aspiration, extension medial contact and agricultural knowledge had positive significant relationship with coastal youths’ attitude towards some selected livestock technologies.

scholarly journals Awareness of fishermen for managing fish sanctuary in some selected areas of Jamalpur District in Bangladesh

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-345
Author(s):  
L Akter ◽  
MJ Hoque ◽  
MA Kashem ◽  
TD Nath
Keyword(s):  
Family Income ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
The Other ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Agricultural Knowledge

The purposes of the study were to determine the extent of awareness of the fishermen in managing fish sanctuary and to find out the relationships between the extent of awareness of the fishermen and their selected characteristics. Data were collected from 90 purposively selected fishermen (out of 105) from Ghosherpara Union of Melandah Upazila Under Jamalpur District. A pre-tested and structured interview schedule was used to collect data from the fishermen during the period of 19 March to 30 March, 2013. The findings indicated that majority of the respondents (74.5 percent) had medium awareness and 25.5 percent having high awareness. Out of ten selected characteristics, the fishermen’s age, level of education, fish culture experience, communication exposure and agricultural knowledge on fish sanctuary showed significant positive relationships with their extent of awareness in managing fish sanctuary. On the other hand, household size, farm size, annual family income, training exposure and credit received had no significant relationships with their extent of awareness in managing fish sanctuary. So, to increase awareness of the fishermen in managing sanctuary, proper guidance and strengthening fisheries extension service should be done by fisheries extension workers/ upazila fisheries officer through arranging different activities including training, field visit or using different communication media etc.Progressive Agriculture 27 (3): 339-345, 2016

scholarly journals Adoption of Four Crops Cultivation Pattern by the Farmers

2020 ◽  
pp. 160-168
Author(s):  
Pallab Goswami ◽  
Saiful Huda ◽  
Md. Abu Sayed Mondol
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Crop Cultivation ◽  
Organizational Participation ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Agricultural Knowledge

The main purpose of the study was to determine the extent of adoption of four crops cultivation pattern by the farmers, to determine the factors influenced by the farmers in adopting four crops cultivation pattern and to explore the relationships between nine selected characteristics of the farmers with their adoption of four crops cultivation pattern. Data were collected from a sample of 104 farmers (out of 400) selected by simple random sampling procedure from Baragoan and Nargun union under Thakurgaon Sadar upazila of Thakurgaon district. A pretested and structured interview schedule was used to collect data from the respondents during 15 September to 15 October, 2016. The highest proportion (75.0 percent) of the farmers had medium adoption of four crops cultivation pattern, while 23.1 and 1.9 percent of them had high and low adoption of four crops cultivation pattern respectively. The major factor influenced the farmers were “four crop cultivation is profitable’’, followed by “four crop cultivation is very important for food security.’’ Government subsidies are available when faced with the loss of crops, timely receipt of NGO loans and provides food for cattle had ranked last three positions. Correlation analyses indicated that among nine selected characteristics education, annual income, training received, organizational participation, extension media contact and agricultural knowledge had positive significant relationships with their adoption of four crops cultivation pattern. However, age, family size, and farm size of the farmers had no significant relationships with their adoption of four crops cultivation pattern.

Farmers’ Attitude towards Production and Utilization of Biochar as Ecofriendly Practice

2020 ◽  
pp. 38-46
Author(s):  
M. S. Rahman ◽  
M. R. Karim ◽  
J. K. Barman ◽  
M. M. Islam
Keyword(s):  
Household Income ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Favorable Attitude ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Tree Leaves ◽  
Annual Household Income ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Organizational Participation ◽  
Significant Relationships

The main objective of the study was to determine the farmers’ attitude towards production and utilization of biochar as ecofriendly practice. Data were collected through personal interview from 104 randomly selected farmers at Nawabgang Upazila (sub-district) of Dinajpur district in the northern Bangladesh. A pretested and structured interview schedule was used to collect data from the respondents during 15 March to 18 April, 2017. Simple and direct questions with different scales were used to obtain information. Descriptive statistics are used to explain the selected characteristics of the farmers. The co-efficient of correlation (r) test was computed in order to explore the relationships between ten selected characteristics of the farmers and their attitude towards biochar production and utilization as ecofriendly practice. The results indicated that more than three-fourths (76.92%) farmers had highly favorable attitude towards biochar production and utilization as eco-friendly practice, while 15.38% moderately favorable attitude and 7.7% had slightly favorable attitude. Correlation coefficient analysis indicated that among 10 characteristics of farmers such as farm size, annual household income, training received, credit received, organizational participation and extension media contact had significant relationships with their attitude toward biochar production and utilization. However, age, education, family size and cosmopoliteness had no significant relationships with their attitude towards production and utilization of biochar as ecofriendly practice. The top ranked problem faced by the farmers in implementing of biochar production and utilization was found on ‘lack of woody fuel’. It might be recommended that biochar preparation should be done by using other raw materials such as tree leaves or branches, jute sticks etc available in the locality. Further proper steps should be taken by the concerned authority to maximize extension contact through farm visit, demonstrations and mass media on biochar benefits for enhancing the use of biochar.

scholarly journals The Role of Rural Women in Dairy Activities in Bhadrak District of Odisha

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 93-101
Author(s):  
Sweta Sahoo ◽  
Deepak Kumar Bose ◽  
Jahanara Jahanara
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Dairy Products ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
Meaningful Result ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Mass Media Exposure

The present study was conducted in Bhadrak District of Odisha to find out the role of rural women in dairy activities. A total of 120 respondents were selected randomly for the present study. The data were collected through a pre-structured interview schedule and later appropriate statistical analysis was done to find out the meaningful result. The results showed that the farm women were engaged in almost all dairy activities. However, they were actively participating in milking, feeding of grains, making dairy products etc. but they were having less participation in activities like ,protecting cattle against parasites, insemination of cattle, veterinary care etc. The association between some selected independent variables with participation of women in dairy activities was also found. Education, mass media exposure and extension contact were found to be significantly related to participation of rural women in dairy activities.

scholarly journals Adoption of improved maize varieties in northern Guinea Savannah of Borno State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-41
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Mohammed Kadafur ◽  
Yusuf Lawal Idrisa ◽  
Abbas Shehu
Keyword(s):  
Structured Interview ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Extension System ◽  
Maize Varieties

This study examined the adoption of improved maize varieties in northern Guinea Savanna of Borno State. Primary data were collected by using structured interview schedule. Two hundred maize farmers were systematically selected from. Percentage and logit were used for data analyses. Overall adoption rate was 89.0%. Coefficient of socio-economic and institutional factors such as extension contact (0.0360), farm size (0.2319), education level (0.0460), access to credit (0.6363) and age (0.7619) were found to be significant (P≤0.01) and positively influencing adoption of improved maize varieties. Household size (0.2708) and income level (0.3285) were also significant (P≤0.05) and positively related to likelihood of adoption of improved maize varieties. Non-availability of technology (99%), high cost of technology (92%) and high cost of labour (88%) were the major constraining factors to adoption of improved maize varieties. Community seed production should be encouraged and promoted to facilitate easy access to improved seeds by farmers. The extension system should be strengthened, a policy, which provides adequately trained and equipped extension workers for disseminating extension messages to farmers, re-strengthening of community based organizations and seed companies to introduce labour saving tools like planters and harvesters etc.Keywords: Adoption; improved maize; guinea savannah

scholarly journals The Usefulness of Cell Phones for Crop Farmers in Selected Regions of Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 298-312
Author(s):  
Md Mamun-ur-Rashid ◽  
Md Masud Karim ◽  
Md Muzahidul Islam ◽  
Md Soad Bin Mobarak
Keyword(s):  
Logit Model ◽  
Cell Phone ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Cell Phones ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Voice Call ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Ordered Logit Model ◽  
Rich Information

This research endeavours the usefulness of cell phones for crop farmers in selected region of Bangladesh. For adequate findings and to achieve its purpose, structured interview schedule was adopted to collect data from 281 randomly selected farmers and it was revealed that a little over 60% of them found cell phones very useful, while only 5.3% respondents found the cell phone as less useful. Based on average talk time hours spend in the last six months, top three sources of agricultural information were friends and relatives, distributors and middlemen, and farmers in advanced categories. The results of the ordered logit model showed that their usefulness was significantly determined by age, farm size, per month call charges, and experience in using cell phones. Higher call rates, lack of awareness and paucity of mobile-based information sources were major bottlenecks in using cell phones for agricultural information. The recommendations suggested therein lead to connecting farmers with reliable and rich information sources, use of MMS and SMS, voice call activities, providing subsidized SIM cards, and ultimately undertake widespread campaigns for training of aged farmers to persuade their interest towards the use of cell phones and mobile-based information sources.

scholarly journals Analysis Of Economic Loss Of Flood Victim Broiler Farms

1970 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
MR Hossain ◽  
A Ali ◽  
AHMS Rahman ◽  
AS Apu
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Family Size ◽  
Transportation Cost ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
The Relationship

The present study was carried out to investigate the economic loss of flood victim broiler farms and also to explore the relationship between various independent variables with economic loss of flood victim broiler farms (dependent variable). The independent variables were considered as education, family size, occupation, farm size, feed sources, types of vaccine and medicine used and marketing place of broiler. Data were collected through interview schedule from 43 broiler farmers at 6 upazila of Netrokona district after flood. Most of the farmers were between 30-40 years of age and had small sized (3-6) family depending mainly on combined agriculture and poultry husbandry. They had small sized farms (500-1000 birds/ farm). They did not use any vaccine but use Antibiotic + Antifungal as medicine in case of disease. According to three-fourth of the farmers, the mortality rate of the broilers were within 1-100 nos. Marketable age of broiler was mostly 23-27 days and most of the farmers sold their broiler to the local market. During natural calamities, the price of chick, feed and transportation cost were suddenly increased. Majority of the farmers had to buy their chicks and feeds at a higher cost (2.0-2.9 Tk. more/chick; 0.6 Tk. more/kg feed) after the flood. They faced a loss of 13 Tk.. and above per kg broiler. The overall analysis also indicated that about half of the farms (51.2%) faced high economic loss (1500 Tk. and above) due to flood. From the various correlation analysis, it was revealed that family size, occupation, feed sources and types of vaccine used had no significant relationship but education, farm size, types of medicine and marketing place of broiler had significant (P<0.01) and negative correlation with economic loss of flood victim broiler farms. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjas.v37i1.9864 BJAS 2008; 37(1): 23-31

scholarly journals Analysis of the poverty status of cashew farmers in Kogi State, Nigeria

Agrosearch ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-25
Author(s):  
J.J. Pelemo ◽  
U. Mohammed ◽  
M. Omaku ◽  
S. Opara ◽  
V.C. Nnachukwu
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Average Income ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Poverty Measure ◽  
Poverty Status ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
The Mean

The study examined the poverty status of cashew farmers in Kogi State, Nigeria. A sample size of 210 cashew farmers was selected using the Yamane formula. Structured interview schedule was used for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Foster Greer Thobecke model. The findings revealed that 94.3% of the cashew farmers were of the male gender. The mean age of cashew farmers was 54.6 years. The mean years spent in formal education among cashew farmers was seven years while the mean farm size of cashew farmers was 6.1 hectares. The average income of cashew farmers over a period of 12 months was N134,517.14 while the poverty line was N 89,678.09. The FGT poverty measure showed that 24.8% of cashew farmers were living below poverty line. The poverty depth was 23.14% while poverty severity was 8.7%. The major constraints faced by cashew farmers were poor storage facilities and inadequate capital. It is recommended that government should provide storage and processing facilities in order to minimize the loss encountered by cashew farmers. Good and accessible feeder roads should be constructed for farmers and relevant extension sevices on cashew production should be provided to increase cashew output Keywords: Poverty, Cashew, Farmers, Constraints

scholarly journals Farmers’ awareness on environmental degradation nearby the brickfield areas

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
MB Hasan ◽  
MA Ali ◽  
MS Alam ◽  
MAS Bhuyian
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Annual Income ◽  
Personal Interview ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Academic Qualification ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
The Relationship

This study was undertaken at Trishal upazila of Mymensingh, Bangladesh to investigate the farmers’ awareness on environmental degradation nearby the brickfield areas and to explore the relationship between the selected characteristics of the farmers (i.e. independent variables) with their awareness on environmental degradation (i.e. dependent variable). Thirty five farmers were selected randomly from a total of 175 farmers under Amiandangori village of Balipara union and thirty farmers were selected randomly from a total of 150 farmers under Dauaniabari village of Boilor union of Trishal upazila in Mymensingh district. Personal interview schedule was used for collecting data. Simple and direct questions and different scales were used to obtain desired information. Co-efficient of correlation (r) was computed in order to explore the relationships between the dependent and independent variables. The findings revealed that majority (47.70 percent) of the farmers had medium level of awareness on environmental degradation nearby the brickfield areas. Farmer’s characteristics like academic qualification, farm size, annual income, extension media contact, and knowledge on environmental degradation had significant (p <0.05) positive relationship with their awareness on environmental degradation. Besides, the findings revealed that majority (57 percent) of the respondents expressed their opinion towards medium vulnerability, 15 percent low vulnerability and 28 percent high vulnerability of environmental degradation nearby the brickfield areas. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbau.v10i2.14716 J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 10(2): 229-233, 2012

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