scholarly journals Adoption of Recommended Fertilizer dose in Farmer’s Field of Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Tamanna Haque Mou ◽  
Md. Matiul Islam ◽  
Mohammad Bashir Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Family Size ◽  
Ordinal Data ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Positive Relation ◽  
Time Dimension ◽  
Educational Qualification ◽  
Annual Family Income ◽  
Organizational Participation

The study was conducted to explore the farmer’s level of adoption of recommended fertilizer dose in the field. A survey was conducted at Batiaghata upazila of Khulna, Bangladesh during January to February in 2019 on purposive randomly selected 120 respondents in respect of selected twelve variables. The selected variables (characteristics of the respondents) were age, educational qualification, family size, farming experience, annual family income, farm size, organizational participation, agricultural training, cosmopolitanism, extension contact, attitude and practice. Two aspects of adoption i.e., innovativeness (time dimension) and extent of adoption (spatial dimension) of recommended fertilizer dose were considered as the focus variables. Data analysis was performed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) software version 20.0. To explore the relationship between the concerned variables Pearson’s Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation (r) for ratio data and Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Coefficient (ρ) for ordinal data were employed. The result showed that majority of the  respondents were old aged (41.7%), had secondary level of education (56.70%), belonged to small family size (50%), had high annual family income (66.7%) and high farming experience (40%) with small farm size (76.67%). Majority of the respondents had low organizational participation (44.16%), low contact with extension agent (57.5%) and medium cosmopolitanism (57.5%) and had no agricultural training (59.2%). Findings also revealed that majority of the respondents (62.5%) showed high positive attitude towards adoption of recommended fertilizer dose. About half of the respondents (43.3%) belonged to medium practice category of recommended fertilizer dose in the field. Considering the innovativeness still 45.83% of the respondents belonged to late majority to laggard category of innovation diffusion, and still 36.66% land is not under recommended fertilizer dose application which significantly differ from the amount of land under recommended fertilizer dose application. Among 120 respondents there was no innovator. Among twelve variables age and farming experience had significant positive relation with their innovativeness, and educational qualification, annual family income, farm size and extension contact had significant positive relation with their extent of adoption of recommended fertilizer dose. Thus, it might be concluded that, the remaining farmers should be motivated to adopt and the remaining land should be practically taken under proper application of recommended fertilizer dose to sustain agricultural production in the field. 

scholarly journals Farmers’ awareness regarding deforestation at Jalma union of Batiaghata upazila under Khulna district of Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-202
Author(s):  
Shipra Mondol ◽  
Archona Mollick ◽  
Mohammad Bashir Ahmed ◽  
Md Matiul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Family Income ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Educational Qualification ◽  
Organizational Participation ◽  
Average Temperature ◽  
Cultural Integrity ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
The People ◽  
The Village

Deforestation causes environmental degradation. Awareness of the people might have influence on reduction of deforestation. The main purposes of the study were to determine the farmers’ awareness regarding deforestation and to explore relationship between the selected characteristics of the farmers and their awareness. The study was conducted to only one village namely Raingamari (The project village of Khulna University) of Jalma union under Batiaghata upazila of Khulna district. Data were collected from 53 family heads of the village on their 10 selected characteristics such as age, educational qualification, farming experience, family size, farm size, family income, organizational participation, cosmopoliteness, extension media contact, training exposure. Data were also collected on farmers’ awareness regarding deforestation. Data were collected from the respondents during April to July 2017 through personal interview using a pretested interview schedule. Most of the respondents were highly aware of deforestation. The respondents showed highest level of awareness regarding “deforestation causes greenhouse effect which consequently increase the average temperature of the earth” while they were less aware regarding “deforestation threatens the livelihoods and cultural integrity of people that depend on forest”. Among the 10 selected characteristics of the respondents, educational qualification, organizational participation, extension media contact showed positive significant relationships with their awareness regarding deforestation while only the annual income had the negative significant relationship with their awareness regarding deforestation. Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.6(2): 193-202, August 2019

scholarly journals Impact of Grameen Bank micro credit on change in livelihood status of women beneficiaries

1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 381-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Kuhinur ◽  
M Rokonuzzaman
Keyword(s):  
Family Income ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Grameen Bank ◽  
Organizational Participation ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Average Change ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Status Of Women ◽  
Micro Credit

Grameen Bank (GB) is one of the largest NGO working with the socio-economic upliftment of the poor section, specially women of the society. The main focus on the present study is to determine change in livelihood status of women beneficiaries of GB in twenty selected centers of Jaforgonj north of Debidwar branch under Comilla district; and to identify the existing problems faced by GB participants. Data were collected from 100 randomly selected sample (15% of population), out of population size 663 of GB beneficiaries. Data indicated that change in livelihood status scores of the respondents varied from 4 to 24. The average change in livelihood status score was 13.94. The largest proportion (62 percent) of women belonged to medium, compared to 25 percent and 13 percent belong to low and high change in livelihood status categories respectively. Results of t-test on change of livelihood status in three dimensions namely ‘change of farm and house hold materials', ‘change of housing, health and sanitation' and ‘change of annual family income' in terms of ‘before' and ‘after' involvement were found highly significant. Out of 11 selected characteristics, education, annual income, credit availability, communication with GB employee and staff and attitude towards micro-credit program of GB were positively significant and only age and non-localite behaviour were negatively significant with dependent variable of change in livelihood status. Family size, farm size, organizational participation and attitude towards community did not show any significant relationship with change in livelihood status. Problems faced by beneficiaries in respect of ‘lack of sufficient amount of credit' was the most serious problems, credit disbursement delayed was the second problem and the third problem was ‘belief on dogmatism and fatalism' with problem index 199 among the six existing problems. Keywords: Grameen Bank; Micro credit; Livelihood status;  Women beneficiaries DOI: 10.3329/jbau.v7i2.4750 J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 7(2): 381-386, 2009

scholarly journals Farmers Awareness on Environmental Degradation used by Modern Agricultural Technologies in a Selected Area of Meherpur District

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 289-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
MT Islam ◽  
MS Hossen ◽  
R Khatun
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Organizational Participation ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Academic Qualification ◽  
High Knowledge

The main aim of the study was to determine the farmer’s awareness on environmental degradation used by modern agricultural technologies by exploring the relationships between ten selected characteristics of the farmers and their awareness. Eighty farmers of the selected village Ashrafpur under of Meherpur district constituted the sample of the study. Data were collected by interviewing the farmers using personal interview schedule during the period from August to September, 2013. Among these eighty respondents 37.5% had low, 51.25% respondents had medium and only 11.25% of the respondent had high knowledge about modern agricultural technologies. While 35% respondents had low, 55% respondents had medium and only 10 % had high knowledge about environmental degradation. Among the respondents 25% had poor, 61.25% respondents had medium and only 13.75% had high awareness about environmental degradation caused by the use of modern agricultural technologies. Out of ten independent variables, six of them, that is academic qualification, organizational participation, communication exposure, innovativeness, knowledge about the use of modern agricultural technologies and knowledge about environmental degradation had positive significant relationships with their awareness on environmental degradation caused by the use of modern agricultural technologies . Three independent variable i.e. family size, farm size, and family income had no significant relationship and only age had negative significant relationship with their awareness on environmental degradation used by modern agricultural technologies.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jesnr.v7i1.22186 J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources, 7(1): 289-294 2014

scholarly journals Farmer’s Awareness on Effective Delivery of Farm Information through ICT Mediated Extension Service in Bangladesh

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Sadia Jahan Moon ◽  
M. Abdul Momen Miah ◽  
Trygve Berg
Keyword(s):  
Family Size ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Field Extension ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Stepwise Multiple Regression ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
Extension Agents ◽  
Annual Income ◽  
Organizational Participation ◽  
Effective Delivery

The main focus of the study was to find out the level of awareness about effective delivery of farm information to the farmers through ICT mediated extension service in Bangladesh. The factors influencing awareness of the farmers and the problems faced by the farmers in getting farm information were also explored. Data were collected from a sample of 100 farmers out of 700. A structured interview schedule and check list were used in collection of data through face to face interviewing and focus group discussion (FGD) during October to November in 2012. The awareness was measured by using a 3 point rating scale and appropriate weights were assigned to each of the responses. By adding the weights of responses awareness score was calculated. The effectiveness of ICT mediated extension services was considered based on amount of information being supplied, acceptability, diversity, demand driven and outcome in using information by the farmers. About two-thirds (68 percent) of the farmers had moderate awareness while almost one fourth (26 percent) having high and only 6 percent had low awareness about effective delivery of farm information by ICT centers. The level of education, farm size, family size, annual income, training exposure, organizational participation and extension media contact of the farmers were significantly correlated with their awareness. The stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that out of 9, four variables such as organizational participation, annual income, farm size and family size of the farmers combinedly explain 50 percent variance regarding awareness of effective delivery of farm information. Rendering inadequate services of field extension agents, frequent power disruption, lack of skilled manpower (extension agents) at ICT centers, lack of training facilities for the farmers, and poor supervision and monitoring of field extension activities were the major problems as mentioned by the farmers for effective dissemination of farm information.

scholarly journals Problems faced by the bean farmer in selected areas of Pabna district in Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
Mohammad Zamshed Alam ◽  
Md Shariful Islam ◽  
Muhammad Humayun Kabir
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Significant Positive Relationship ◽  
Organizational Participation ◽  
Significant Negative Relationship

The major purposes of the study were to determine the extent of the problem faced by the farmers in bean cultivation and to explore the relationships between bean farmers’ selected characteristics with their problem faced. The study was conducted in four villages of two unions under Atghoria upazilla of Pabna District. Data were collected from a random sample of 106 bean farmers by using an interview schedule during 15 Dec, 2017 to 15 Jan, 2018. The highest proportion (71.70 percent) of the farmers faced medium overall problem in bean production, while 16.04 percent faced high and 12.26 percent faced low problem. Problem faced in non-availability of pesticides ranked 1st and this was followed by non-availability of fertilizers, lack of capital so on and least one lack of irrigation in bean cultivation ranked 28th. Correlation analysis indicated that education, training exposure, organizational participation, extension media contact and farmers’ knowledge had significant negative relationship with their problem faced. Age had significant positive relationship with their problem faced while family members, farm size, annual family income, bean cultivation area, and credit received by the farmers had no significant relationship with their problem faced. Overwhelming (87.74) majority of bean farmers faced medium to high problems therefore, it may be said that problem faced by the farmers in bean cultivation is a serious issue to be addressed to maximize bean production.Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.5(1): 11-18, April 2018

scholarly journals Factors Determining the Membership of Farmer’s in Producer Organization (PO) a Study in the Assam State of India

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Prabir Datta ◽  
Jagathjhuti Datta ◽  
Sanjib Shil
Keyword(s):  
Family Income ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Annual Family Income ◽  
Organizational Participation ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Level Information ◽  
The Government ◽  
Multistage Sampling

Aim of this study to document the factors that influence farmer’s participation in producer organizations. To address these issues, the Government of Assam decided to mobilize farmers in the form of Producer organization (PO). Producer organization meant for effective management of agriculture in a specific crop field. The history of Producer Organizations indicates that after performing successfully for a period of time it almost defunct. For sustainability of Producer Organizations, factors influencing its membership pattern need to be studied. Therefore, this study was conducted in Jorhat District of Assam to address this issue. Total 240 respondents were selected (120 members and 120 non-members of Producer Organizations) by using multistage sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire that consists of two sections. Section one contained Individual level information i.e. Age, Education, Gender, Caste, Organizational participation, Extent of public extension contact. Section two had Family level/ house hold information i.e. Primary source of income, Size of the family, annual family income, Size of operational land holding. The t test indicated that there were significant difference between age, operational land holding, the extent of government extension contact, the primary source of income and annual family income of members’ and non-members’ means in these characteristics, both the groups were heterogeneous. From forward stepwise regression analysis, it was found that extension contact, operational land holding, annual family income and caste influences the membership pattern of Producer Organization. These variables together explained 67.50 per cent (Adjusted R2 =0.675) of the variance of effective factors on farmer’s membership pattern toward producer organizations. The study recommended that extension machinery should give emphasise on these factors and manipulate these factors for enrolling more farmers.

scholarly journals Poverty alleviation through micro-credit: Evidence of BRAC credit program

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-92
Author(s):  
MA Sayeed Bhuyian ◽  
B Mankhin ◽  
SU Tipu ◽  
MM Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Family Size ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
High Poverty ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Sample Data ◽  
Micro Credit

The paper presents the extent of poverty alleviation through micro-credit of Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) women beneficiaries in upgrading their economic and social status. The study was conducted three villages in Birampur upazila under Dinajpur district. Out of 442 populations, 88 women beneficiaries were randomly selected which constituted the sample. Data were collected during 20th February to 20th March,2009 using interview schedule. Coefficient of correlation(r) was computed in order to explore relationship between the selected characteristics of the women beneficiaries and their poverty alleviation. Only 4.5% population had high poverty alleviation while the highest proportion (61.4%) of the women had moderate poverty alleviation in participating BRAC micro-credit activities. The findings showed that age, family size and duration of involvement with BRAC had no relation with their poverty alleviation. Education, farm size, family income, Cosmo politeness, availability of BRAC micro-credit and attitude towards BRAC had positive relationship with their poverty alleviation. New loan is not issued until final repayment of installment as identified by the beneficiaries as the main problem.J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 13(1): 87-92, June 2015

scholarly journals Competency Assessment of the Farmers on the Application of One House One Farm Approach

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Islam ◽  
MJ Hoque ◽  
MAM Miah ◽  
S Sheheli
Keyword(s):  
Family Income ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Competency Assessment ◽  
Organizational Participation ◽  
Point Rating Scale ◽  
Cut Score ◽  
Score Method

The purposes of the study were to determine the extent of competency of the farmers on the application of One House One farm approach and to find out the relationships between the extent of competency of the farmers and their selected characteristics. Data were collected from 100 randomly selected farmers (out of 700) from two unions of Mymensingh Sadar Upazila. A pre-tested and structured interview schedule was used to collect data from the farmers during the period of 18 March to 01 April 2013. The extent of competency of the farmers on the application of One House One Farm approach was the dependent variable of the study. To measure the dependent variables, a total of 18 statements about competency of the farmers were selected and each of the competency was put against a four point rating scale such as excellent, above average, average and not at all, and the corresponding score were given as 3, 2, 1, and 0, respectively. Therefore, the possible range of score of 20 competencies would be 0-54. The competency gaps of the farmers were measured by Cut-Score method on rating scale. One hundred (100) is the Cut-Score with an assumption if all the respondents go for Average (score: 1). The independent variables, however, were measured by using suitable scales and techniques. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) was used to explore the relationships between the concerned variables. The findings indicate that majority of the respondents (94 per cent) had medium competency compared to 2 per cent of them having high competency. On the other hand, there were 4 respondents under low extent of competency. Out of ten selected characteristics, the farmer’s level of education, farm size, training exposure, extension media contact, agricultural knowledge and awareness on One House One Farm approach showed significant positive relationships with their extent of competency on the application of One House One Farm approach. Age, household size, annual family income, and organizational participation had no relationships with their extent of competency on the application of One House One Farm approach.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/pa.v24i1-2.19181 Progress. Agric. 24(1&2): 291 - 299, 2013

scholarly journals Use of Cell Phone in Receiving Agricultural Information by the Farmers

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Sk. Md. Nur-E-Alam ◽  
Md. Sekender Ali ◽  
M. Zahidul Haque
Keyword(s):  
Cell Phone ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Organizational Participation ◽  
Significant Negative Relationship ◽  
Phone User ◽  
The Relationship

Cell phone is an easy, fast and convenient device for communication. The main purpose of the study was to determine the extent of use of Cell Phone in receiving agricultural information and to explore the relationship between the selected characteristics of the farmers in using Cell Phone for receiving agricultural information. Data were obtained from 97 Cell Phone user farmers in selected village named Chorjamalpur of Boyra union under Singair upazila of Manikganj through face-to-face interview. Appropriate scales were developed in order to measure the concerned variables. Pearson Product Moment Correlation test was used to ascertain the relationship between each of the selected characteristics of the farmers with their use of Cell Phone for receiving agricultural information. The finding shows that 89.7 percent of the respondents had no use to low use of Cell Phone for receiving agricultural information and 10.3 percent of the respondents had medium use to high use of Cell Phone for receiving agricultural information. The finding clearly indicates the ignorance of the respondents about the use of Cell Phone for receiving agricultural information. Among 11 selected characteristics of the farmers, eight characteristics namely, education, land possession, effective farm size, annual family income, agricultural training exposure, organizational participation, innovativeness, cosmopoliteness showed significant and positive relationship with their use of Cell Phone. Problem confrontation of the farmers in using Cell Phone showed significant negative relationship with their use of Cell Phone for receiving agricultural information. But age of the farmers and farming experience of the farmers showed non significant relationship with the use of Cell Phone by the farmers.

scholarly journals Farmers’ Perception of Environmental Degradation Due to Use of Pesticides

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-18
Author(s):  
S Akter ◽  
MA Miah ◽  
MZ Rhaman ◽  
MS Hossen ◽  
MA Baten
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Media Exposure ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Organizational Participation ◽  
High Knowledge ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
The Relationship

The study was conducted mainly to have an understanding about the farmers’ perception of environmental degradation due to use of pesticides. Data for the study were collected by personal interviewing from 69 randomly selected farmers of Kabaria kanda village of sadar upazila of Mymensingh district during the period of 01 November to 15 November, 2012. Pearson’s product moment correlation co-efficient were computed to examine the relationship between the concerned variables. Perception on environmental degradation was reflected more in the young (30.4 percent) to middle age (42 percent) group compared to old age group. Majority (72.5 percent) of the farmers in the study area were found to have no organizational participation. The highest proportion (73.9 percent) of the respondents fell in the moderate knowledge category while none fell in less knowledge and 26.1 percent in the high knowledge category respectively. Only 1.4 percent of the farmers had moderately perception on environmental knowledge as compared to 98.6 percent favorable perception. Out of eight independent variables, five of them, i.e. years of schooling, farm size, annual family income, media exposure and knowledge on the use of agro-chemicals had positive relationships with their perception of environmental degradation due use of pesticides. Only three independent variable i.e. age, household size and organizational participation had no relationship with their perception of environmental degradation due use of pesticides.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jesnr.v6i2.22079 J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources, 6(2): 13-18 2013

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