FARMERS’ SATISFACTION ON AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN SELECTED AREAS OF BANGLADESH

Abstract

The purposes of the study were to determine the extent of satisfaction on agricultural development in Bangladesh as perceived by the farmers and to find out the contribution of the selected characteristics of the farmers to their satisfaction on agricultural development in selected areas of Bangladesh. The study was conducted in two villages of Kakilakura and Hatibandha union under Sreebordi and Jhinaighathi upazila of Sherpur district. A total of 194 farmers were selected randomly from a population of 392 farmers. Data were collected from the194 farmers during July to August, 2018 by using an interview schedule. Fourteen selected characteristics of the farmers were considered as the independent variables. Farmers‟ satisfaction on agricultural development was the dependent variable. Overwhelming majority (86.6 percent) of the farmers had medium to high satisfaction on agricultural development in Bangladesh. Step-wise multiple regression analysis indicated that cosmopoliteness, agricultural experience, individual local contact and decision making ability of the farmers had significant positive contribution to their satisfaction on agricultural development. Problems faced by the farmers in agriculture had significant negative contribution to their satisfaction on agricultural development in Bangladesh. The standardized partial „b‟ co-efficient of the significant 5 independent variables formed the equation contributing to 48.9 percent of the total variation. Results of path analysis revealed that decision making ability had the highest (0.275) total indirect effects followed by cosmopoliteness, individual local contact and agricultural experience. Problems faced by the farmers in agriculture had negative total indirect effect on agricultural development in Bangladesh. Farmers were satisfied in different dimensions of satisfaction. They were also faced different problems in different level which are needed to mitigate by both public and private initiatives to increase the level of Farmers‟ satisfaction on agricultural development in selected areas of Bangladesh.