PROBLEM FACED BY THE FARMERS IN USING INTEGRATED PLANT NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT

Abstract

The purpose or this study v. as to investigate the farmers' problem faced in using Integrated Plant utrient Management (IP M) and also to explore the relationship between the selected characteristics of the farmers and their problem faced. The study was conducted in I 0 unions or Biro! upazila under Dinajpur district. All the farmers who were involved in Integrated Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Management Project: 1997-2000 activities were the respondents of the study. Data were collected from these farmers b) using an inter, iew schedule during 25 October to 30 Nov ember 2006. Co-efficient of correlation (r) was computed in order to explore the relationship betw ecn the dependent and independent variables. Each of the ten characteristics of the farmers namely age, education, family size. farm size, annual income. organizational participation, extension contact, cosmopolitencss and knowledge on IP M, innovativeness were independent \ ariables \\ hile the farmers' problem faced in using IP M was a dependent variable. The major findings rev ea led that 51 percent of the farmers faced high problem, whi le 38 and I I percent faced medium and low problem in using IPNM. Education. innovativ eness. extension contact, cosmopolitcness and knowledge on I Pl\1\1 of the farmers were found to have significant negative relationship \\ ith their problem faced. I lowever, age, family size, farm size. annual income and organizational participation of the farmers had no significant relationship \\ ith their problem faced in using IP M