Abstract:
The main objective of this study was to determine the household food consumption
status of the farm families. Data were collected from a random sampling of 112
families out of
750
families in four selected villages of Sadar upazila of Jamalpur
District. The data were collected through personal interviewing by using pre-tested
structured questionnaire during 28 January to 15 February, 2013. .Appropriate scales
were developed and used to measure the concern variables. I lousehold food
consumption status was the predicted variable and the selected ten characteristics of
the farm families constituted the experimental variable of the study.
The food consumption of the farm families was divided into three categories i.e. low
food consumption families were 17 percent, medium food consumption families were
71.4 percent and high food consumption families were 11.6 percent. Among ten
characteristics of the farm families. Family Education. Effective Farm Size, Annual
Family Income, Knowledge on Agriculture, Innovativeness, Family Training
Exposure, Agricultural Input Availability, Commercialization and Aspiration were
positively correlated but only Family Size was negatively correlated.
The
characteristics rc. Effective Farm Size, Annual Family Income, Knowledge on
Agriculture. Commercialization of the respondents showed significant correlation
with their achievement of the household food consumption status. Considering the
main focus of the study, it can be concluded that most of the farm families have
medium food consumption status.
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
