Abstract:
The main purpose of the study was to determine and describe the attitude of
elite rural people towards extension activities of DAE performed by Upazilla
Agricultural Extension Personnel and to explore the relationship between the
selected characteristics of elite rural people and their extent of attitude towards
extension activities of DAE performed by Upazilla Agricultural Extension
Personnel. The study was conducted in Ratanpur and Rasullabad Union
covering 5 villages of Nabinagar Upazilla under Brahrnanbaria District. Data
were collected from the elite rural people using a pre-tested interview schedule
during the period from
15th
May 2008 to
101h
June 2008. From the study it was
found that the highest proportion (43.14 percent) of the respondents had
moderate favorable attitude compared to 33.33 percent having high favorable
attitude and 23.53 percent had less favorable attitude. Pearson Product Moment
Correlation (r) test was used to ascertain the relationships between the
concerned dependent and indepcndent variables of the study. Findings revealed
that education, farm
size,
time spent for farm work, organizational
participation. cosmopolitness, extension contact and knowledge on agriculture
of elite rural people showed positive significant relationship while age, annual
family income of elite rural people did not show any significant relationship
with their attitude towards extension activities of DAE performed by Upazilla
Agricultural Extension Personnel.
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
