Abstract:
The specific purpose of the study was to determine the extent of adoption of
intercropping with mango. Attempts were also made to determine and describe the
selected demographic and socio-economic characteristics of mango growers, and to
explore their contribution to the extent of adoption of intercropping with mango.
Bagha upazila of Rajshahi district was purposively selected from which four unions
namely; Pakuria, Bajubagha, Bausa and Arani were randomly selected as the locale
of the study. Data were obtained from 105 proportionate randomly selected farmers
from total of 223 mango growers of selected villages from four unions. An
interview schedule was used for collecting data during the period of 2
July, 2017. The findings of the study indicate that majority (52.3 percent) of the
growers had medium adoption while 24.8 percent had high adoption and 22.9
percent had low adoption of intercropping with mango. Multiple regression analysis
shows that training received, innovativeness, extent of advice seeking and crop
diversification had significant contribution to the extent of adoption of
intercropping with mango. On the other hand, age, education, farm size, income
from mango and intercrop, cosmopoliteness, organizational participation and credit
received showed no significant contribution to the extent of adoption of
intercropping with mango.
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 IN
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION & INFORMATION SYSTEM
