Abstract:
The study was undertaken in four sub-zones of Shampur Sugar Mills Ltd.
under Badarganj Upazila of Rangpur district aiming to determine the
relationship of eleven selected characteristics with the extent of adoption
of intercropping in sugarcane. A sample of l 04 farmers were selected
randomly from a population of 520 sugarcane growers of the study area.
Data were collected during 5th Septernber-l S'" October 2006, by using
interview schedule in a face to face situation. Findings revealed that more
than three-fourth (77 percent) of the respondents had low to medium
adoption of intcrcropping in sugarcane. Pearson product moment
correlation coefficients were computed to examine the relationships
between the concerned variables. Out of eleven selected characteristics of
the farmers age, education, farm size, annual family income, sugarcane
cultivation knowledge, training exposure and organizational participation
had significant positive relationship with their adoption of intercropping
in sugarcane. Other four variables, i.e., family size, family labour, credit
received and extension contact had no significant relationships with their
adoption of intcrcropping in sugarcane.
Description:
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 AND INFORMATION SYSTEM
