Abstract:
The main purpose of the study was to determine the rural youths' participation in
selected income generating activities (IGAs) related to agriculture. The study was
conducted in two selected villages under Barisal district at Agailjhara upazila.
Data for this study were collected from a proportionately random sample of I 00
rural youths by using an interview schedule during 21 September to 22 October,
2007. Majority (51 percent) of the rural youths had high participation, while 31
percent medium and 18 percent low participation. Correlation analysis indicated
that among nine selected characteristics of the rural youths 5 namely education,
farm size, annual family income, training exposure and daily time use had
significant positive relationship with their participation in selected agricultural
income generating activities and the rest 4 characteristics namely age, family size,
rural mindedness and credit received of the rural youth had no significant
relationship with their participation in selected agricultural IGAs. On the basis of
Participation Index (PI), it was observed that poultry rearing, vegetable
cultivation, and cattle rearing were the major three selected agricultural IGAs.
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
