Problems and Prospects of Jackfruit Commercialization as Experienced by Farmers at Bhaluka Upazila under Mymensingh District

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to assess the problems and prospects of jackfruit commercialization as experienced by farmers at Bhaluka Upazila under Mymensingh district. Data were gathered from 86 jackfruit farmers of selected villages of Bhaluka Upazilla under Mymensingh district by using a structured interview schedule during the period from 10 February to 15 March, 2016. Descriptive statistics, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient were used for data analysis. The findings reveal that more than half (67.4%) of the respondents faced medium problem in jackfruit commercialization activities, while 18.6 percent faced high problems and only 14 percent faced low problems. Majority (79.1%) of the respondents perceived medium level prospects of jackfruit commercialization, while 12.8 percent found high level Prospects of jackfruit commercialization and only 8.1 percent respondents confirmed low level of prospects for jackfruit commercialization. The statistical analysis exposed that annual family income from jackfruit, experience in jackfruit cultivation, knowledge on jackfruit cultivation, diversified use of jackfruit, selling demand of jackfruit at different marketing system and selling price of jackfruit at different marketing system had significant negative relationship with the problems faced by the farmers for jackfruit commercialization where annual family income from jackfruit, experience in jackfruit cultivation, knowledge on jackfruit cultivation, diversified use of jackfruit, nutritional importance of jackfruit, selling demand of jackfruit at different marketing system and selling price of jackfruit at different marketing system had significant positive relationship with the prospects of jackfruit commercialization as experienced by the farmers.