Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to determine the problems confrontation of the cultivators in mushroom
cultivation and to explore the relationship between the selected characteristics of the cultivators and
their problem confrontation in mushroom cultivation. Cultivators 16 problems in mushroom
cultivation were considered for the study. The study was conducted in Savar upazila under Dhaka
district. Data were collected from randomly selected 100 cultivators by using an interview schedule.
Scale score was used to determine cultivators problem in mushroom cultivation while a Problem
confrontation Index (PCI) was used to make comparison among the 16 selected problems. Pearson's
product Moment Correlation was used for statistical test. Majority (65 %) of the cultivators were
found confronted medium problem, while 24 percent of the cultivators confronted low problem and
II percent confronted high problem in mushroom cultivation. Among the selected characteristics of
the cultivators education, land possession, mushroom cultivation area, annul family income,
organizational participation, cosmopoliteness, extension contact, training exposure in mushroom
cultivation and mushroom cultivation knowledge showed significant negative relationship with their
problem confrontation and other two variables namely family size and experiences in mushroom
cultivation had no significant relationship with problem confrontation in mushroom cultivation. On
the basis of Problem Confrontation Index (PCI) boundness of the cultivators to supply commodities
to middle man in low price ranked first followed by high price of spawn, complexity to get credit for
mushroom cultivation, low demand in the local market, high rate of interest for credit. Lack of
knowledge on proper doges of pesticide for pest control of mushroom ranked last.
