Abstract:
The objectives of this study were to describe the selected characteristics of the farmers;
to identify good management practices followed by the fish farmers and to explore the
contribution of the selected characteristics of the farmers to their practices of GMP. The
study was conducted in five villages (Namatari, Jharpara, Shikdarpara, Shongkorpur
and Boirampur) of Badarganj union under Badarganj upazila of Rangpur district. Data
were collected by using interview schedule from the randomly selected 100 respondents
during 15 July to 25 August, 2021. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression were
used for analysis. Majority (63.0 percent) of the respondents had moderate while 23.0
percent had low and 14.0 percent had high use of good management practices. Among
ten selected farmers’ characteristics, training, knowledge on good management
practices and attitude toward fish farming had significant contribution to their use of
Good Management Practices (GMP). The remaining characteristics of the farmers’
such as age, level of education, farming experience, annual family income, farm size,
number of labors and extension contact had no significant contribution to their use of
good management practices. The findings of the study indicated that farmers’ use of
good management practices has scope to increase. It is concluded that use of good
management practices by the farmers can be increased through increasing their level of
training, knowledge on good management practices and attitude toward fish farming.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Department of Agricultural Extension and Information System
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka
In partial fulfilment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM
