Abstract:
Mechanization is a process through which agricultural activities can be
improved and desired crop production can be achieved. The objectives of this
study were to assess the use of mechanization by the farmers, to describe the
selected characteristics of the farmers and to identify the contributory factors
on use of mechanization. The selected characteristics were age, education,
farm size, family size, annual family income, no of plots, no of crops grown,
time spend in farms and extension media contact. The study was undertaken
in Rangpur sadar upazila under Rangpur district. Validated and wellstructured
interview
schedule
was
used
to
collect
data.
The
statistical
measures
such
as
range,
means,
standard
deviation,
number
and
percentage
distribution
were
used
to
describe
the
selected
independent
variables.
Regression
analysis
was
used in order to explore the contributing relationships between the
concerned variables. The findings of the study showed that, 38.5% and 61.5%
had low and medium level use of mechanization. The findings also implies
that annual family income, time spend in farm and extension media contact
had significant positive relationship with their use of mechanization. The
findings may help to formulate better policies towards increase the use of
machineries in rice cultivation.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Department of Agricultural Extension and Information System
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka
In partial fulfilment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM
