Abstract:
The main objectives of this study were to determine and describe the extent of
participation of Common Interest group (CIG) members in community development
and explore the relationships between the participation of CIG members in community
development with their selected characteristics. Eleven villages of Monohardi
tJpazilla under Narsingdi district was selected as the study area. Data were collected
from 110 CIG members by using a pre-tested interview schedule during the period
from 30 July to 02 September, 2012. Appropriate scales were developed in order to
measure the concerned variables. A statistical software package named SPSS 11.5 was
used to analyze the data and Karl Pearson's Correlation Co-efficient was computed in
order to explore the relationship of participation of the CIG members in community
development with their selected characteristics. Findings revealed that highest
proportion (78.1 percent) of the CIG members had medium participation in
community development compared to 16.4 and
5.5
percent having high participation
and low participation respectively. Correlation analysis indicated that nine, out of
twelve characteristics of the CIG members namely, level of education, effective farm
size, annual family income, Training exposure, communication exposure,
cosmopoliteness, involvement in CIG, Knowledge on CIG related community
development activities, attitude towards community development had significant
positive relationships with their participation in community development. Two
characteristics namely, age and family size had no significant relationship with their
participation in community development. Other one characteristics had significant
negative relationship with their participation in community development. Based on
descending order of Problem Faced Index (PFI), indicates 'no proper guideline from
Union and upazila producer's organization' ranked first followed by 'lack of
interaction among the Cbs'. 'Inadequate help from SAAOs ranked last
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
