Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to ascertain the problems faced by the farmers in bean
production and to explore the relationships between the problems faced by the bean
farmers and their selected characteristics. The study was conducted in four villages of
two unions under Atghoria upazilla of Pabna district. Data for this study were
collected from 106 bean farmers by using an interview schedule during 15 dec, 2017
to 15 jan, 2018. The interview survey revealed that highest proportion (71.70 percent)
of the farmers had medium problem faced in bean production, while 16.04 percent
had high and 12.26 percent had low problem faced. Among various problems faced
by the farmers non-availability of quality pesticides was the highest followed by nonavailability
of quality fertilizers. Lack of irrigation was the least important problem.
Correlation analysis indicated that education, training exposure, organizational
participation, extension media contact and farmers’ knowledge had significant
negative relationship with their problem faced. Age had significant positive
relationship with their problem faced. The characteristics, namely family members,
farm size, annual family income, bean cultivation area, and credit received by the
farmers had no significant relationship with their problem faced.
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
