CONSTRAINTS FACED BY THE FARMERS IN 1PM PRACTICES IN RICE CULTIVATION AT NABINAGAR UPAZILJA UNDER BRAHMANBARIA DISTRICT

Abstract

The main focus of the study was to determine constraints faced by the farmers in 1PM practices in rice cultivation and to explore the relationships between the constraints faced by the farmers in 1PM practices and their selected characteristics. The study was conducted at Ratanpur and Sreerampur unions of Nabinagar Upazila under Brahmanbaria rice farmers who were proportionate randomly selected as the sample of the study from an update list of District. Data were collected from 107 1534 rice farmers that was prepared with the help of Sub-Assistant Agriculture Officers of the study area. The researcher himself collected data through personal contact with a well structured pretested interview schedule during the period from 10 June to 10 July, 2013. The study revealed percent) of the respondents faced medium constraints in 1PM practices, while the 17.76 percent of the respondents confronted high constraint and that the highest proportion (75.70 percent of the respondents faced low constraints in 1PM practices. Pearson's Product Moment Correlation co-efficient (r) was computed to explore the relationships the rest 6.54 between the constraints faced in 1PM practices by the farmers and their ten selected characteristics. The correlation analysis indicated that, education, training received in 1PM practices. extension media contact, cosmopoliteness and knowledge on 1PM of the rice farmers had significant negative relationships with their constraints faced in [PM practices. On the other hand, age, total family members, rice cultivation area, annual family income and agricultural experience of them had no significant relationships with the constraints faced in 1PM practices. Finally, a constraint faced index (CFI) was made of twelve selected constraints among which the constraints. "lack of technical knowledge in 1PM practices" followed by "lack of teelmical support in 1PM practices" and "unavailability of inputs of 1PM practices".