Abstract:
The study
was
conducted in Raghdi Union under Muksudpur Upazilla of Gopalgonj
District. The main purpose of the study was to find out the knowledge gap of the farmers
in pulse production, to explore the relationship & contribution of the selected
characteristics of the farmers to/on their knowledge gap in pulse production and to
identify problems faced by the farmers in pulse production. Data were collected
personally through interview schedule from 112 randomly selected pulse farmers from
three villages of the selected urñon during 13 July to 12 August, 2011. Knowledge gap of
the farmers in pulse production was dependent variable and selected characteristic.s were
independent variables. Finding revealed that about two third (64.3 percent) of the
respondents had medium to high knowledge gap in pulse production. Co-efficient of
correlation shows that out of 10 variables only 5 variables namely age, education,
farming experience, economic motivation and risk orientation had significant negative
relationship to knowledge gap. Slcpwise nmltiple regression analysis shows that out of
10 variables only 3 such as education, farming experience and economic motivation had
negative contribution on knowledge gap in pulse production and they conubinetly
explained 45.8 percent knowledge gap. Out of II selected problems lack of HYV seed
ranked first followed by high price of I IYV seed and lack of knowledge on disease and
pest control.
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
