Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to assess the losses of potato as perceived by the
farmers and explore the contribution of the selected characteristics of the potato
growers on assessment of losses of potato in various phases. Potato growers were
selected from four villages. Data were collected from 100 potato growers of
Boragari, Domar and Panga-Matukpur union under domar upazila of Nilphamari
district during 25
December, 2015. Descriptive
statistics and stepwise multiple regression analysis were used to examine the
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November, 2015 to 25
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contribution of the selected characteristics of the potato growers on losses of
potato. The findings revealed that 41 percent of the respondents experienced high
loss, while 19 percent had medium loss and 40 percent experienced low loss.
Among the selected characteristics, organizational participation, level of
education, and problem faced by the potato farmers had significant contribution
to the losses of potato. The R
2
value of the 3 independent variables formed the
equation contributing to 39.3 percent of the total variables to assess the losses of
potato. It was found from Problem Faced Index (PFI) that farmers faced higher
problems in ‘lower market price’ followed by ‘diseases problem’ and ‘insect
attack’
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
