Abstract:
he main objective of this study was to find out the extent of training needs on Integrated
Pest Management (1PM) practices by the farmers and to determine the relationship
between the selected characteristics of the farmers and their training of 1PM practices.
The study was conducted in Rampal Upazila under Bagerhat district. One hundred
farmers were selected randomly as the respondents of the study randomly out of 500
farmers. Data collected from the respondents using an interview schedule during 3
February to
6th
March 2010. Descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, range
and percentage were used to describe the variables under consideration. Pearson's
Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) was used to explore the relationship between
the selected characteristics of the farmers and their training needs of 1PM practices. The
data revealed that only 62 percent of the farmers were medium user of 1PM training while
25 percent low and 13 percent of the respondents were high to use 1PM practices. In the
study group nearly 60 percent farmers were middle aged (41-50 yrs). Majority of the
farmers 83 percent had secondary level of education compared to other categories. About
71 percent respondents had medium size family
(5-6)
members. The findings also
revealed that training of 1PM practices by the farmers had no significant relationship with
their education, farm size, family size, annual family income, extension media contact,
while cosmopoliteness had positive significant relationship. In respect of problems
confrontation, the findings revealed that the majority (62 percent) of the farmers faced
medium confrontation while 18 percent faced high and 20 percent faced low problems
confrontation during training of 1PM practices. Among the ten selected problems, "lack
of quality seed" ranked first in order while "criticize to other farmers for training of 1PM
practices" ranked least.
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