KNOWLEDGE ON VEGETABLES PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES BY WOMAN MEMBERS IN HOMESTEAD AREA UNDER WORLD VISION PROJECT

Abstract

The study was conduct in Narayanpur union of Matlab upazila under Chandpur district. The specific objectives of the study were: To (I) determine the socloeconomic characteristics of the respondents in homestead vegetables production activities. (ii) determine the knowledge on vegetables production in homestead area by the women members. (iii) assess the relationship between knowledge on vegetables production in homestead area and selected characteristics of the woman members and (iv )identify the problems encountered by the woman members in producing vegetables. Five villages were purposely selected out often from the World Vision Project area of Matlab upazila. Hundred woman members were chosen through stratified random sampling method. In the entire study group. najOrity (66%) were around 30 years of age. Nearly 74% respondents were illiterate and educated and the average schooling was nearly 6 years. Their average years of experience in vegetables cultivalion were little. Out of 10 problems the respondents were faced severe problem on lack of fertilizer and irrigation ticilities (rank order I) and the lowcst problem were faced on market facilities (rank order 10). The highest pro1ortion 54% of the respondents possessed high level knowledge in vegetables cultivation, followed by moderate level knowledge 40% and very few 6% possessed low level knowledge.