Abstract:
Cut flower cultivation practice is increasing day by day in Bangladesh. The purposes
of the study were to describe the socio-economic profile of the cut flower farmers in
the study area; to determine the extent of attitude of farmers towards commercial
cultivation of cut flowers; to explore the contributing relationship between the
selected characteristics of the cut flower farmers and their attitude towards
commercial cultivation of cut flowers; and to identify the problems faced by the cut
flower farmers for commercial cultivation. The study was undertaken purposively in
Savar upazila under Dhaka district. An authenticated and well-structured interview
schedule (questionnaire) was used to collect data from 104 flower farmers during 10
November to 5 December 2016. Data analysis was done using easy and inferential
statistical tools such as frequency counts, mean, standard deviation, co-efficient of
variance and multiple regressions. The findings showed that majority of the farmers
(41.3 percent) had positive attitude, 33.7 percent of them had more positive attitude
and 25 percent had most positive attitude towards commercial cultivation of cut
flowers. The results also showed that farmers’ education background, agricultural
extension media contact and farmers’ category were significant factors for farmers’
attitude towards commercial cultivation of cut flowers; and within this agricultural
extension media contact and farmers’ category were the most significant contributing
factors.
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
