http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/2740 2026-04-18T14:14:33Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/880 ADOPTION OF MUSHROOM CULTIVATION BY THE TRAINED FARMERS OF FARIDPUR DISTRICT KAMAL, A.H.M. MOSTAFA [lie main focus of (lie present study was to determine the extent of adoption at tflushrOOni cultivation by the trained thrmers and to explore the relationships between the adoption of mushroom cultivation of the trained lanners and their selected characteristics. The stitdv was conducted at live villages of Sadar Upazila under Faridpur district which were adjacent to 13hajandanga Horticulture Centre. Faridpur. Data were collected from proportionately randomly selected 97 trained farmers from an update list ol' 972 farmers of the study area. The researcher himself collected data through personal contact with a well structured pretested interview , schedule during the period from 01 to 31 August, 2012. The study revealed that the highest proportion (60.87 percent) of the respondents had low adoption of mushroom cultivation. while 27.84 percent had medium adoption and the rest 11.34 percent had high adoption of mushroom cultivation. Pearson's Product Moment Correlation co-cflieient (i) was computed to explore the relationships between adoption at mushroom cultivation of the trained farmers and their selected characteristics. The correlation analysis indicated that education, mushroom cultivation knowledge. belief about mushroom, neighborhood influence. length of training and extension contact of the truined farmers had significant positive relationships with their adoption of mushroom cultivation. Age. fhtiiilv size. cosmopoliteness and organizational participation had no significant relationships with their adoption of mushroom cultivation A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, in Partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/879 PARTICIPATION OF COMMON INTEREST GROUP (CIG) MEMBERS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ALl, MD. ZULFIKER The main objectives of this study were to determine and describe the extent of participation of Common Interest group (CIG) members in community development and explore the relationships between the participation of CIG members in community development with their selected characteristics. Eleven villages of Monohardi tJpazilla under Narsingdi district was selected as the study area. Data were collected from 110 CIG members by using a pre-tested interview schedule during the period from 30 July to 02 September, 2012. Appropriate scales were developed in order to measure the concerned variables. A statistical software package named SPSS 11.5 was used to analyze the data and Karl Pearson's Correlation Co-efficient was computed in order to explore the relationship of participation of the CIG members in community development with their selected characteristics. Findings revealed that highest proportion (78.1 percent) of the CIG members had medium participation in community development compared to 16.4 and 5.5 percent having high participation and low participation respectively. Correlation analysis indicated that nine, out of twelve characteristics of the CIG members namely, level of education, effective farm size, annual family income, Training exposure, communication exposure, cosmopoliteness, involvement in CIG, Knowledge on CIG related community development activities, attitude towards community development had significant positive relationships with their participation in community development. Two characteristics namely, age and family size had no significant relationship with their participation in community development. Other one characteristics had significant negative relationship with their participation in community development. Based on descending order of Problem Faced Index (PFI), indicates 'no proper guideline from Union and upazila producer's organization' ranked first followed by 'lack of interaction among the Cbs'. 'Inadequate help from SAAOs ranked last A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, in Partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/878 PROBLEMS OF ROOF TOP GARDENING AT MOHAMMADPUR THANA UNDER DHAKA CITY Rahman, Md. Shafiqur The purpose of the study was to find out the problems faced by the roof gardeners at Mohammadpur under the Dhaka city. Attempts were also made to describe some characteristics of the respondents of that area. The selected characteristics were: age, family size, education, family income, area covered by the roof garden, knowledge, use of information sources, attitude towards rooftop gardening, training exposure on roof top gardening. Sixty respondents were selected by using Yeomen's formula. Mohammadpur thana area under Dhaka city. Data were collected by using a pretested personal interview schedule during March to May, 2014. Pearson's Product moment Correlation "r" was used to determine the relationship between the selected characteristics of the respondents with their extent of problems in roof top gardening. The findings revealed that the majority (45%) of the respondent faced medium problem whilc 40% percent of the respondent faced low problem. Comparatively few respondents (15%) faced high problem in roof top gardening. Among nine selected characteristics of the respondents, S namely. Level of education, Knowledge on roof top gardening, Use of information sources, Attitude towards roof top gardening, and Training had significant negative relationship with their problems faced in roof top gardening and the rest 4 characteristics namely, age, Family Size, Family Annual Income and roof top space had no significant relationship with their problems of roof top gardening. A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, in Partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/877 FACTORS AFFECTING ADOPTION OF BRRI LilIAN 44 BY THE FARMERS OF BARISAL DISTRICT NIPA, SHAYLA KHAN The main purpose of the study was to determine the extent of adoption of BRRI dhan 44 by the farmers of Barisal district and to explore the relationship between the selected factors of the farmers and their adoption of BRRI dhan 44. The study was conducted in six villages of Kashipur union under Sadar Upazila of Barisal District. A list of 322 BRRI dhan 44 growers was prepared with the help of respective SAAO and Agricultural Extension Officer of the Upazila and 110 farmers were selected at random. Pearson's correlation co-efficient was used to explore the relationship between the selected factors of the farmers and their adoption of BRRI dhan 44. In the study area BRRI dhan 44 introduced just two years ago. Findings showed that highest proportion (45.45 percent) of the farmers categorized into medium adoption category while almost same proportion (41.82 percent) into low adoption category in case of adoption of BRRI dhan 44. Only a small portion of the farmers were categorized into high adoption (12.73 percent) category. Among the seven selected factors only three factors namely family influence, attitude towards BRRI dhan 44 and rice cultivation knowled c affected the adoption of URRI dhan 44. A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, in Partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z