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FARMERS’ SATISFACTION ON AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN SELECTED AREAS OF BANGLADESH AHAMED, FARRUKH The purposes of the study were to determine the extent of satisfaction on agricultural development in Bangladesh as perceived by the farmers and to find out the contribution of the selected characteristics of the farmers to their satisfaction on agricultural development in selected areas of Bangladesh. The study was conducted in two villages of Kakilakura and Hatibandha union under Sreebordi and Jhinaighathi upazila of Sherpur district. A total of 194 farmers were selected randomly from a population of 392 farmers. Data were collected from the194 farmers during July to August, 2018 by using an interview schedule. Fourteen selected characteristics of the farmers were considered as the independent variables. Farmers‟ satisfaction on agricultural development was the dependent variable. Overwhelming majority (86.6 percent) of the farmers had medium to high satisfaction on agricultural development in Bangladesh. Step-wise multiple regression analysis indicated that cosmopoliteness, agricultural experience, individual local contact and decision making ability of the farmers had significant positive contribution to their satisfaction on agricultural development. Problems faced by the farmers in agriculture had significant negative contribution to their satisfaction on agricultural development in Bangladesh. The standardized partial „b‟ co-efficient of the significant 5 independent variables formed the equation contributing to 48.9 percent of the total variation. Results of path analysis revealed that decision making ability had the highest (0.275) total indirect effects followed by cosmopoliteness, individual local contact and agricultural experience. Problems faced by the farmers in agriculture had negative total indirect effect on agricultural development in Bangladesh. Farmers were satisfied in different dimensions of satisfaction. They were also faced different problems in different level which are needed to mitigate by both public and private initiatives to increase the level of Farmers‟ satisfaction on agricultural development in selected areas of Bangladesh. A Dissertation Submitted to the faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM SUBMITTED TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM SHER-E-BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY SHER-E-BANGLA NAGAR, DHAKA-1207, BANGLADESH

2017-12-01T00:00:00Z HOSSAIN, QUAZI AFZAL http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/2605 2019-09-26T09:48:29Z 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z

EFFECTIVENESS OF FARMER TO FARMER TRAINING IN DISSEMINATION OF FARM INFORMATION HOSSAIN, QUAZI AFZAL The study was conducted to determine and describe the extent of effectiveness of Farmer to Farmer Training (FFT) as perceived by the farmers based on their knowledge, skill, attitude and practice regarding the content of Integrated Farm Management Farmer Field School (IFM FFS) guidelines and explore the contribution of the selected characteristics of the farmers to the effectiveness of FFT as perceived by them. Data were collected from 345 FFS trained farmers from a population size of 3450 from six Upazilas of six districts with help of an interview schedule during September 2016 to October, 2017. Data were also collected from 51 non-trained farmers from the study areas where no FFS was established to compare the perception of FFT effectiveness between trained and non-trained farmers. Findings indicated that about two-thirds (63.2%) of the respondent FFS trained farmers perceived medium to high effectiveness of FFT. Each of the four dimensions for measuring effectiveness like knowledge, skill, attitude, and practice of the farmers had significant positive relationship with the overall effectiveness of FFT. Again each of the dimensions had significant positive relationship with each dimension. Trained farmers perceived significantly higher effectiveness of FFT than non-trained farmers. Step wise multiple regression analysis indicated that the whole model of 17 variables explained 28.2 percent of the total variation in effectiveness of the farmer to farmer training as perceived by the respondents. But since the standardized regression co-efficient of 6 variables formed the equation and were significant, it might be assumed that whatever contribution was there, it was due to these 6 variables. As per descending order of standardized regression co-efficient these six variables were: aspiration, training exposure, agricultural diversification, sincerity status in FFS, agricultural experience, and decision making ability influence the effectiveness of FFT. Path analysis indicated that crop diversity had the highest (0.060) total indirect effect followed by training exposure, aspiration and decision making ability on the effectiveness of FFT. Sincerity in FFS and agricultural experience had negligible total indirect effects on effectiveness of FFT through other variables. Qualitative assessments revealed that to make FFT more effective, refresher training should be provided to the Farmer Facilitators, IFM FFS guideline should be revised as per current necessity, and new FFS should be introduced in non-disseminated areas and working spaces should be allowed sustainably for farmer facilitators as the complementary hands of the present extension system. Finally, this research has made several practical and theoretical recommendations regarding FFT interventions for development. A Dissertation submitted to the faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM SUBMITTED TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM SHER-E-BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY SHER-E-BANGLA NAGAR, DHAKA-1207, BANGLADESH

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