Abstract:
The main purpose of the study was Lo determine the extent of participation of
the rural women in homestead agricultural activities in Tentulia upazila under
Panchagarh district and to explore the relationships between the selected
characteristics of the rural women and their participation in homestead
agricultural activities. The study was conducted in two villages of Shalbahan
union namely, Basantozot and Lohakhachi. Data were collected from J 00 rural
women by using a pre-tested interview schedule during the period from
September 20 to October 20, 2007. Appropriate scales were developed to
measure the variables of the study. Correlation(s) Lest was used Lo ascertain the
relationships between the concerned independent variables and dependent
variable of the study. Findings revealed that highest proportion (73 percent) of
the rural women had medium participation in homestead agricultural activities
compared to 20 and 7 percent having low participation and high participation
respectively. Correlation analysis indicated that seven, out of nine
independent variables namely, farm size, family income,
cosmopoliteness, extension contact, agricultural training, knowledge on
homestead agricultural activities and attitude towards homestead
agriculture of the rural women had significant positive relationship with
their participation in homestead agricultural activities. Other two
variables namely, age and education of the rural women had no
significant relationship with their participation in homestead agricultural
activities. On the basis of descending order of the Problem Confrontation
Index (PCI), 'lack of necessary agricultural land' ranked first followed by
'lack of sufficient fe11ilizers', 'lack of necessary knowledge', 'lack of
necessary capital', 'lack of quality seeds', 'lack of extension workers',
'lack of sufficient insecticides', 'lack of marketing opportunities', and
'lack of communication facilities'. Lack of cooperation of male ranked
last.
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