PROBLEM CONFRONTATION OF THE FARMERS ON T-AMAN CULTIVATION IN THE SELECTED MONGA AFFECTED UPAZILA

Abstract

The main focus of the present study was to determine the problem confrontation by the farmers in T-aman cultivation and to explore the relationships between the problem confrontation by the farmers and their selected characteristics. The study was conducted at Rajabirat and Katabari of Gobindaganj Upazila under Gaibandha District. Data were collected from 103 T-aman farmers who were proportionately randomly selected as the sample of the study from an update list of 1029 T-aman farmers that was prepared with the help of Sub-Assistant Agricultural Officers of the study area. The researcher himself collected data through personal contact with a well structured pretested interview schedule during the period from 01 to 30 October, 2012. The study revealed that highest proportion (72.8 percent) of the respondents had medium problem in T-aman cultivation, while the rest 27.2 percent of the respondents had high problem. Pearson's Product Moment Correlation co-efficient (r) was computed to explore the relationships between the problem confrontation by the farmers in T-aman cultivation and their nine selected characteristics. The correlation analysis indicated that educational level, knowledge on T-aman cultivation, extension media contact and innovativeness had significant negative relationships with the problem confrontation by the farmers in T-aman cultivation. Age, family size. experience in T-aman cultivation and T-aman cultivation area had nonsignificant relationships with the problems confrontation in T-aman cultivation. A Problem Confrontation Index (PCI) for the 15 selected problems in T-aman cultivation was developed to measure the severity among the problems of which possible range was "0" to 300. The Problem Confrontation Index indicated that the farmers confrontation highest problem in "high cost of production" and lowest problem in '4 lack of knowledge on rice seed production".