Abstract:
ABSTRACT
Betel leaf cultivation may helps the farmer with regard to farm income and medicinal value.
In this context, the objectives of the study was to determine the extent of commercialization
of betel leaf cultivation by the farmers and to explore the contribution of the selected
characteristics of the betel leaf farmers to their commercialization of betel leaf cultivation.
The study was conducted in the Wazirpur upazila under Barishal district. One hundred and
two (102) betel leaf growers were selected randomly from a total of 746 growers of four
villages of Wazirpur upazila under the Barishal district. A structured interview schedule was
developed based on objectives of the study for collecting the data. The researcher himself
collected data through personal contact. Commercialization of betel leaf cultivation by the
farmers was dependent variable and 10 selected characteristics of the farmers was treated as
independent variables. Data collection was started in 15 November, 2020 and completed in
10 December, 2020. Among the respondents, the majority (71.57 percent) of them had high
commercialization of betel leaf by keeping very small portion for family consumption.
Moreover it was observed that 87.24 percent of betel leaf growers had high to very high level
commercialization of betel leaf. The statistical analysis exposed that educational
qualification, extension media contact of betel leaf farmers and knowledge on betel leaf
cultivation had significant positive relationships with the commercialization of betel leaf
farmers. The findings may be helpful to formulate a better policy towards increasing the
commercialization of betel leaf 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 AND INFORMATION SYSTEM
SEMESTER: JULY-DECEMBER, 2020
