Abstract:
Soil salinity seems to be one of the Important aspects of climate change that have
harmful consequence on crop production .The purpose of this study was to determine
farmers’ perception towards harmful effects of soil salinity on food production and to
explore the relationships between the characteristics of the farmers and their perception
towards harmful effects of soil salinity on food production. The study was conducted in 3
villages of Taltali upazila under Barguna district. The populations of the farmers in these
villages were 713 from where 106 samples were drawn by using random sampling
technique. An interview schedule was used for data collect ion. Perception towards
harmful effects of soil salinity on food production was measured by 5 point likert scale.
Descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, range and percentage were used
to describe the variables under consideration. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient
test
was
used
to
ascertain
the
relationship
between
the
concerned
characteristics
and
focus variables. Majority (84.9 percent) of the farmers’ possessed favorable
perception and (15.1 percent) of the farmers had unfavorable perception towards harmful
effects of soil salinity on food production. Education, farm size, land under soil salinity,
knowledge on soil salinity effects, of the farmers had positive significant relationship
with their perception towards harmful effects of soil salinity on food production. The
policy makers may concentrate the significant factors while making policy to reduce the
harmful effects of soil salinity on food production
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
