http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/2745 2026-04-18T14:14:34Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/2325 DETERMINANTS OF FARMERS’ ADOPTION OF SWARNA RICE VARIETY IN KURIGRAM DISTRICT OF BANGLADESH ANNA, JANNATUN FERDOUSI The specific purpose of the study was to determine the extent of adoption of Swarna rice variety by the farmers in a Kurigram district of Bangladesh. Attempt was also made to determine and describe the selected factors that influence farmers’ adoption decision regarding Swarna rice cultivation. The study also determined the contribution of the selected factors to farmers’ adoption of Swarna rice variety. A two-step approach was adopted for selecting the study locale. First, Nageswari upazila of Kurigram district was purposively selected, and second two unions of the selected upazila namely, Santoshpur and Raigonj were randomly selected as the locale of the study. A total of 4311 farmers constituted the population of the study from which 145 respondents were selected using proportionate random sampling technique. A structured interview schedule was developed and administered for collecting data during the period of 15 th May, 2018 to 25 June, 2018. The findings of the study indicate that majority (72.40 percent) of the farmers had medium adoption while 17.90 percent had high adoption and 9.70 percent had low adoption of Swarna rice, respectively. Multiple regression analysis showed that education, farming experience and ease of farm management had significant contribution to the adoption of Swarna rice variety while age, farm size, annual family income, relative advantage, social influence, habit and knowledge in rice cultivation showed no significant contribution to the extent of adoption of Swarna rice variety. Therefore, emphasis should be given on the significant factors for further improvement of the situation. 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 Semester: July-December, 2017 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/2324 DETERMINANTS OF EXTENT OF TOBACCO CULTIVATION AREA IN KUSHTIA DISTRICT RAHMAN, MD. ZULFIQUER The study was undertaken to assess the extent of area used for tobacco cultivation and to determine some selected characteristics of tobacco farmers that significantly influence farmers’ cultivation of tobacco. The selected characteristics were- age, education, farm size, annual income, tobacco cultivation experience, family labor, time spent in tobacco cultivation, profitability, agent contact, input availability, level of pest infestation and market security perception. The study was conducted at three villages of Mirpur upazilla under Kushtia district with the help of an interview schedule from September 12 to October 3, 2018. Twenty five percent (25%) of the farmers were randomly selected from a population of 424 tobacco farmers. Out of the total population, 106 tobacco farmers were selected as the sample of the study. Multiple linear regression was used in order to identify the important factors for tobacco cultivation. An overwhelming majority of 61.32 percent of the respondents had medium tobacco cultivation area followed by 33.02 percent of the respondents had small tobacco cultivation area and only 5.66 percent of the respondents had large tobacco cultivation area. The findings also revealed that age, education, annual income, family labor and agent contact has significant positive contribution on tobacco cultivation. Therefore, to reduce tobacco cultivation area coverage by the farmers, policy should be made through giving emphasize on the significant factors. 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 IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SEMESTER: JULY- DECEMBER, 2017 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/2323 ASSESSING FARMERS’ KNOWLEDGE ON FOOD SAFETY TINNI, FARZANA KHAN The main purpose of this study was to determine the farmer‟s knowledge on food safety and explore the relationship of the selected characteristics of the growers on their knowledge on food safety. The selected characteristics were age, education, family size, farm size, annual family income, training exposure, extension contact, innovativeness and cosmopoliteness. Data were gathered from proportionally and randomly selected 110 respondents (farmers) of two villages of Kadir para union of Shreepur upazila under Magura district by using a pretested interview schedule during the period of 1 st September to 30 October, 2018. Apart from descriptive statistical methods, Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient analysis was used in order to analyze the data. Findings indicated that the majority (59.09%) of the respondents had medium knowledge on food safety, 32.91% had high knowledge on food safety and 8% had low knowledge on food safety. Out of nine selected characteristics of the respondents, education, farm size, extension contact and innovativeness had positive significant relationship with their knowledge on food safety. The rest of the variables namely: age, family size, annual family income, training exposure and cosmopoliteness did not show any significant relationships with their knowledge on food safety. A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Agricultural Extension and Information System Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM SEMESTER: JULY- DECEMBER, 2017 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/2322 PROFITABILITY OF VEGETABLE CULTIVATION BY THE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM) FARMERS RAKIB, TAREK MOHAMMAD The main objectives of this study were to determine the level of profitability of vegetable cultivation by the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) farmers and to identify the factors that significantly influence profitability of vegetable cultivation. The study was conducted with proportionately and randomly selected 115 farmers in Tetuljhora union under savar upazila of Dhaka district. A pre-tested interview schedule was used to collect data from the respondents during 25 th August to 25 th September, 2018. Profitability of vegetable cultivation by the IPM farmers was the dependent variable and it was measured based on the benefit cost ratio. Eleven selected characteristics of the respondents considered as independent variables of the study. The interview survey revealed that majority (74.8 percent) of the respondents had medium level of profitability while 14.8 percent and 10.4 percent of them had high and low profitability respectively. Out of selected eleven characteristics, five namely number of vegetable grown, training in vegetable cultivation, organizational participation, annual family income and education had significant positive contribution to their profitability of IPM vegetable cultivation. Therefore, to motivate the vegetable farmers for using IPM practices, the policy makers should consider the above mention significant factors. 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 SEMESTER: JULY-DECEMBER, 2017 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z