PROBLEMS OF ROOF TOP GARDENING AT MOHAMMADPUR THANA UNDER DHAKA CITY

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the problems faced by the roof gardeners at Mohammadpur under the Dhaka city. Attempts were also made to describe some characteristics of the respondents of that area. The selected characteristics were: age, family size, education, family income, area covered by the roof garden, knowledge, use of information sources, attitude towards rooftop gardening, training exposure on roof top gardening. Sixty respondents were selected by using Yeomen's formula. Mohammadpur thana area under Dhaka city. Data were collected by using a pretested personal interview schedule during March to May, 2014. Pearson's Product moment Correlation "r" was used to determine the relationship between the selected characteristics of the respondents with their extent of problems in roof top gardening. The findings revealed that the majority (45%) of the respondent faced medium problem whilc 40% percent of the respondent faced low problem. Comparatively few respondents (15%) faced high problem in roof top gardening. Among nine selected characteristics of the respondents, S namely. Level of education, Knowledge on roof top gardening, Use of information sources, Attitude towards roof top gardening, and Training had significant negative relationship with their problems faced in roof top gardening and the rest 4 characteristics namely, age, Family Size, Family Annual Income and roof top space had no significant relationship with their problems of roof top gardening.