Abstract:
The main purpose of the study was to determine the extent of effect of using agrochemical
in banana cultivation as perceived by the banana growers. The study was
conducted
in Monohordi upazilla of Narsingdi, Kapasia upazilla of Gazipur and
Madhupur
upazilla of Tangail districts. Five villages were purposively selected from
each
of the selected upazillas. Banana growers of these selected villages constituted
the
population of the study. A total of ISO banana growers constituted the sample for
the
study by taking 10 from each village and 50 from each upazilla. The study was a
part
of a research project entitled "Effect of using agro-chemicals and hormones for
cultivation
and marketing of vegetables and banana" which was carried out with the
support
of the National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Programme, People's
Republic
of Bangladesh, USAID, European Commission and FAO.The data were
collected
from the sample respondents through personal contact with the help of a
pretested
interview schedule during the period from January to June, 2008. The
independent
variables were: age, level of education, family size,
farm size,
commercialization of banana, annual family income, marketing opportunity, training
exposure, benefits derived from agro-chemicals, problems faced in using
agrochemicals and use of agro-chemicals. Data collected from the respondents were
complied, coded. tabulated and analyzed in accordance with the objectives of the
study. An overwhelming majority (87.3 percent) of the respondents perceived low to
medium effect of using agro-chemicals in banana cultivation towards food
adulteration compared to 0.7 percent high effect and 12.0 percent no effect. Level of
education and problems faced in using agrochemicals of the respondents had
significant positive relationship with the effect of using agro-chemicals in banana
cultivation but farm size had significant negative relationship with the effect of using
agro-chemicals in banana cultivation as perceived by the respondents.
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
