Abstract:
The main purpose of the study was to determine the extent of constraints
confrontation by the farmers in adoption of 1PM practices in rice cultivation in
Savar upazila under Dhaka district and to explore the relationships between the
selected characteristics of the respondents, namely, age, education, Ibmily size,
(him size, training received, annual income, extension media contact,
knowledge on 1PM and cosmopoliteness and their constraints confrontation in
adoption of 1PM practices in rice cultivation. The study was conducted in five
unions of Savar upazila namely. fliroliya, Ashulia, Shimulia, Bongoya and
l3ongaon. Data were collected from
105
farmers using interview schedule
during the period from
25
April
2007
to
25
May 2007.
Appropriate scales were
developed to measure the variables of the study. Correlation test was used to
ascertain the relationships between the concerned dependent and independent
variables of the study. Findings revealed that age, t'amily size and
cosmopolitcness had
no significant relationship with their constraints
confrontation in adoption of 1PM practices , while education, farm
size,
training received, annual income, extension media contact, knowledge on 1PM
had significant relationship with their constraints confrontation in adoption of
1PM practices The study revealed that highest proportion
(53.4 percent) of the
farmers had medium constraints fbcing in adoption of 1PM practices compared
to
37.1
and 9.5
percent having low and high constraints hieing in adoption of
1PM practices respectively.
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
