Abstract:
This study was intended to determine the communication exposure of rural women regarding
homestead vegetable cultivation and to explore relationship between selected characteristics of
the rural women with their communication exposure regarding homestead vegetable cultivation.
The selected characteristics of the rural women were age. education, family size, land size,
homestead vegetable cultivation area, vegetable cultivation experience, time spent in vegetable
cultivation, knowledge on homestead vegetable cultivation and organizational participation. The
study was conducted in two villages namely Hesakhal and Uroschol under Flesakhal union in
Nanagalkot upazilla
of Comilla district. Data were collected from 100 women by using a pretested
interview schedule during the period from October 15 to November IS, 2009. Appropriate
scales
were developed to measure the variables
of
the
study. Correlation(s) test was used to
ascertain
the relationship between the concerned independent and dependent variables of the
study.
Findings of
the
study revealed that more than half
(63%)
of
the respondent had medium
communication
exposure regarding homestead gardening information while 6 percent of them
had
tow exposure and only 31 percent high exposure . Correlation analysis indicates that
family size, land size, homestead vegetable cultivation area and time spent in vegetable
cultivation
of the rural women had no significant relationship with their communication
exposure on homestead vegetable cultivation while education, knowledge on homestead
vegetable cultivation and organizational participation had significant positive relationship but in
case of age and homestead vegetable cultivation experience had negative and highly significant
relationship with their communication exposure in receiving information on homestead
vegetable cultivation. The thirteen (13) communication media have been arranged in rank order
on basis of their Media Use Index (MUD. Experienced Women was used as the communication
media to the highest extent (250) and it was
closely followed by neighbor (230), Radio (210),
television (ISO), and soon.
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
