Abstract:
The study analyzes the attitude of the house owner towards rooftop gardening
at Dhaka city and to explore the contribution of the selected characteristics of
the respondents on their attitude towards rooftop gardening. The study has been
conducted based on data collection in Mirpur-1 (word-3) of Dhaka North City
Corporation (DNCC). Data were collected from 82 house owners in a time
period of 07 January, 2017 to 06 February, 2017. Descriptive statistics,
multiple regression were used for analysis. Most of respondents (62.1 percent)
had a moderately favorable attitude towards rooftop gardening while 22.0 and
15.9 percent of them had poorly and highly favorable attitude respectively.
Among the influential variables, level of education, use of information sources,
training exposure and knowledge on rooftop gardening were significant
contributor and all of them provided 51 percent contribution on attitude
towards rooftop gardening. It was also found that lack of skilled manpower
positioned the 1
st
and scarcity of source of water in last position as per Problem
Faced Index (PCI). It is recommended that the DAE should take necessary
steps considering the above mentioned significant factors to make more
favorable attitude of the house owners towards rooftop gardening.
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
