Abstract:
The study designs to investigate the impact of flower cultivation on farmers’
livelihood. The methodology of this study is an integration of quantitative and
qualitative methods based on data collection in Kalukhali and Baliadanga
Block of Trilochanpur union under Kaliganj upazila of Jhenaidah district. Data
were collected from 115 flower cultivators and 45 controls from February 11 to
March 10, 2017. Descriptive statistics, step wise regression, Constraints Facing
Index (CFI) were used for analysis data. Most of the farmers (76.5 percent)
gained medium livelihood improvement through flower cultivation, while 13.9
percent had high impact of flower cultivation on farmers’ livelihood category.
Among the variables- attitude towards flower cultivation alone contribute 39.5
percent of the variation where annual income from flower cultivation (2.3
percent), level of education (2.8 percent), annual family income (2.8 percent)
and knowledge on flower cultivation (2.3 percent) variation contribute to the
impact of flower cultivation on farmers’ livelihood. The Majority (73.9
percent) of the flower farmers had medium constraints in flower cultivation
whereas the lowest 11.3 percent had high constraints in flower cultivation
category. As per Constraint Faced Index (CFI) high labor wages positioned the
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and insufficient credit support at the last position regarding constraints in
respect of flower cultivation. It is concluded that the composite impact of
flower cultivation on farmers’ livelihood is moderate and needs further
advancement. Based on the findings, it is recommended that respective
authorities should implement and popularize farmers based projects on a
massive scale for flower cultivation with a view to improving farmers’
livelihood.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
in Partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION