Abstract:
The major purpose of this research study was to determine farmers’ knowledge and
attitude towards maize cultivation and also to explore the relationships between each of
nine selected characteristics of the farmers and their knowledge and attitude towards
maize cultivation. The study was conducted in 4 villages of Gaibandha Sadar and Fulsari
upazila under Gaibandha district. The populations of maize farmers in four villages were
173 and sample size was 78 (45% of total population, using random sampling method). An
interview schedule was used for data collection. The data were collected during 11
January to 11 February 2019. Scales were developed in order to measure the variables.
Majority of the farmers (78.2%) had medium to high knowledge on maize cultivation and
21.8 percent of the farmers possessed low knowledge on maize cultivation. Regarding
attitude, the study showed that about 55.1% of the respondents had high favorable attitude,
25.6% of the respondents had unfavorable attitude and 19.2% of the respondents had
neutral attitude towards maize cultivation. Age, level of education, annual family income,
organizational participation, cosmopolitess and extension media contact of the maize
farmers had significant positive relationship and problem faced by the maize farmer had
negative significant relationship with their knowledge on maize cultivation, while farm
size and income from maize had no significant relationship with their knowledge on maize
cultivation. In case of attitude age, level of education, annual family income, income from
maize, organization participation and extension media contact of the farmers had
significant positive relationship with their attitude towards maize cultivation and problem
faced by the maize farmer had negative significant relationship with their attitude towards
maize cultivation, while farm size and cosmopoliteness of the farmers had no significant
relationship with their attitude towards maize cultivation.
Description:
A THESIS
SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
AND INFORMATION SYSTEM
SHER-E-BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, DHAKA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE DEGREE OF
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
In
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
SEMESTER: Jan-Jun/2018