Abstract:
Post-harvest problem is one of the major factors to cause a measurable quantitative
and qualitative losses in potato cultivation. The purpose of this study was to
investigate the extent of post-harvest problems of potato farmers. Data was collected
from 94 potato farmers of Banihara, Hatior and Balait villages of Ahamedabad union
at Kalai Upazila under Joypurhat district during the period from November 05 to
December 04, 2016. Descriptive statistics, multiple regression (B) were used for
analysis. Most of the potato farmers (72.3 percent) experienced medium post-harvest
problems, while 14.8 and 12.9 percent of them had low and high post-harvest
problems respectively. Education, distance to the market, distance to the cold storage
and availability of market information were positively significant and provided 47.3
percent contribution on post-harvest problems. It was also found that as per Problem
Faced Index (PFI), presence of middleman positioned the 1
st
and lack of technical
knowledge was in the last. It is concluded that the policy makers consider the above
mentioned significant factors of the post-harvest problems of potato farmers in
Joypurhat for policy intervention to bring about improvements to potato farmers in
the district.
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
